2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,663 1,446 34.9 32.8-37.1 2,217 65.1 62.9-67.2
Medicaid Region 4 857 348 35.9 31.9-40.1 509 64.1 59.9-68.1
GENDER
Male 384 143 33.8 27.9-40.3 241 66.2 59.7-72.1
Female 473 205 37.7 32.4-43.3 268 62.3 56.7-67.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 518 246 39.9 34.9-45.1 272 60.1 54.9-65.1
Non-Hispanic Black 169 64 38.1 28.8-48.3 105 61.9 51.7-71.2
Other 156 33 19.9 12.5-30.3 123 80.1 69.7-87.5
AGE
18-44 320 69 23.2 17.6-29.9 251 76.8 70.1-82.4
45-64 280 71 23.4 18.0-29.9 209 76.6 70.1-82.0
65+ 246 202 80.4 72.3-86.5 44 19.6 13.5-27.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 212 75 33.0 25.2-41.9 137 67.0 58.1-74.8
Some Post-H.S. 193 84 37.1 29.2-45.6 109 62.9 54.4-70.8
College Graduate 448 187 37.3 32.2-42.6 261 62.7 57.4-67.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 92 33.2 26.3-41.0 130 66.8 59.0-73.7
$50,000+ 477 189 35.1 29.8-40.9 288 64.9 59.1-70.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 158 67 41.4 32.0-51.4 91 58.6 48.6-68.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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