2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

COVID Vaccination

Would you say you will definitely get a vaccine, will probably get a vaccine, will probably not get a vaccine, will definitely not get a vaccine, or are you not sure?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Definitely will/probably will Probably will NOT/Definitely will NOT Don't know/not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 624 32 4.0 2.6- 6.3 531 84.3 78.7-88.7 61 11.7 7.7-17.4
GENDER
Male 276 14 3.2 1.6- 6.4 240 84.3 73.7-91.2 22 12.5 6.1-23.9
Female 348 18 4.8 2.7- 8.4 291 84.3 78.4-88.8 39 10.9 7.1-16.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 360 *** *** *** 320 86.8 78.7-92.1 30 11.4 6.3-19.7
Non-Hispanic Black 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 82 *** *** *** 74 95.8 85.2-98.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 16 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 16.4 9.1-27.7
AGE
18-34 156 12 6.0 3.1-11.3 125 82.7 74.3-88.8 19 11.3 6.3-19.4
35-44 128 *** *** *** 104 80.7 68.6-88.8 17 15.6 8.0-27.9
45-54 118 *** *** *** 105 92.1 85.8-95.8 *** *** ***
55-64 124 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 59 *** *** *** 55 94.1 81.9-98.2 *** *** ***
75+ 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 195 *** *** *** 170 86.3 77.9-91.9 17 10.4 5.5-18.8
Some Post-H.S. 218 *** *** *** 192 88.5 81.3-93.2 17 7.5 3.7-14.5
College Graduate 138 12 5.6 3.0-10.3 117 86.8 78.5-92.2 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 203 14 6.0 3.1-11.4 172 84.4 76.3-90.1 17 9.6 5.1-17.2
No 416 18 3.2 1.7- 5.8 355 84.2 76.6-89.7 43 12.6 7.4-20.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 569 29 4.3 2.7- 6.7 481 83.6 77.7-88.3 59 12.1 7.8-18.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 398 15 2.6 1.4- 4.9 349 87.4 81.9-91.4 34 9.9 6.3-15.4
Unemployed 36 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 89 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 81 *** *** *** 68 83.8 71.3-91.5 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 78 *** *** *** 63 85.5 74.1-92.3 *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$150,000+ 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 135 *** *** *** 114 82.0 70.0-89.9 18 15.9 8.5-27.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 72 12 12.5 5.8-25.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 274 12 2.9 1.4- 5.9 242 89.9 83.7-93.8 20 7.2 3.8-13.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 135 *** *** *** 114 82.0 70.0-89.9 18 15.9 8.5-27.9
HOUSING
Own 377 12 2.6 1.3- 5.3 336 85.8 77.4-91.5 29 11.6 6.3-20.4
Rent 183 14 4.0 2.2- 7.3 145 85.7 79.5-90.3 24 10.3 6.4-16.2
Other arrangement 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 132 *** *** *** 110 86.5 77.8-92.2 13 9.1 4.4-17.7
Regional City or Suburban County 147 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 345 17 4.7 2.5- 8.6 294 84.3 77.3-89.5 34 10.9 6.5-17.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 256 19 7.1 3.9-12.5 208 80.4 72.1-86.7 29 12.5 7.4-20.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 192 *** *** *** 172 85.9 73.2-93.1 15 12.2 5.4-25.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 176 *** *** *** 151 85.6 76.2-91.7 17 10.3 5.1-19.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 146 *** *** *** 129 92.3 85.3-96.1 14 7.0 3.3-14.1
2nd Quartile 175 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 143 *** *** *** 118 82.6 73.0-89.3 15 12.8 7.0-22.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 160 12 11.9 5.7-23.1 *** *** *** 17 12.2 5.8-23.9

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*Asked of respondents that said no to 'Have you received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination?'

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.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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