2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Immunization

Have you ever had a pneumonia shot also known as a pneumococcal vaccine?

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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 5 893 327 37.8 32.7-43.2 566 62.2 56.8-67.3
GENDER
Male 380 135 41.9 33.8-50.5 245 58.1 49.5-66.2
Female 513 192 33.9 27.9-40.6 321 66.1 59.4-72.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 379 150 38.7 32.3-45.5 229 61.3 54.5-67.7
Non-Hispanic Black 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 350 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 275 47 20.3 13.5-29.3 228 79.7 70.7-86.5
45-64 327 86 29.4 21.7-38.6 241 70.6 61.4-78.3
65+ 279 190 76.7 68.9-83.0 89 23.3 17.0-31.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 288 100 35.8 26.9-45.7 188 64.2 54.3-73.1
Some Post-H.S. 282 110 40.4 31.6-50.0 172 59.6 50.0-68.4
College Graduate 321 117 37.7 30.6-45.5 204 62.3 54.5-69.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 333 127 38.9 30.1-48.4 206 61.1 51.6-69.9
$50,000+ 366 123 35.3 28.8-42.4 243 64.7 57.6-71.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 194 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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