2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Immunization

During the past 12 months, have you had either a flu vaccine that was sprayed in your nose
or a flu shot injected into your arm?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,906 1,870 43.4 41.3-45.6 2,036 56.6 54.4-58.7
Piedmont NC 1,953 937 42.8 39.9-45.7 1,016 57.2 54.3-60.1
GENDER
Male 886 388 38.6 34.4-42.9 498 61.4 57.1-65.6
Female 1,067 549 46.7 42.7-50.7 518 53.3 49.3-57.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,209 660 48.8 45.0-52.6 549 51.2 47.4-55.0
Non-Hispanic Black 376 157 34.0 28.3-40.3 219 66.0 59.7-71.7
Other 335 106 32.5 25.9-40.0 229 67.5 60.0-74.1
AGE
18-34 448 147 27.8 22.9-33.3 301 72.2 66.7-77.1
35-44 281 107 35.2 28.9-42.2 174 64.8 57.8-71.1
45-54 323 123 36.2 29.3-43.8 200 63.8 56.2-70.7
55-64 332 166 52.0 44.3-59.6 166 48.0 40.4-55.7
65-74 300 211 67.3 59.4-74.4 89 32.7 25.6-40.6
75+ 238 166 66.9 57.6-75.1 72 33.1 24.9-42.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 159 53 34.6 25.1-45.5 106 65.4 54.5-74.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 383 149 35.0 29.1-41.3 234 65.0 58.7-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 457 185 35.4 30.0-41.1 272 64.6 58.9-70.0
College Graduate 944 543 57.5 53.6-61.3 401 42.5 38.7-46.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 580 287 44.5 39.0-50.1 293 55.5 49.9-61.0
No 1,359 640 41.8 38.5-45.3 719 58.2 54.7-61.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 207 109 50.7 41.7-59.6 98 49.3 40.4-58.3
Non-Veteran 1,743 826 41.8 38.8-44.9 917 58.2 55.1-61.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,130 455 36.3 32.8-39.9 675 63.7 60.1-67.2
Unemployed 87 21 19.1 11.7-29.7 66 80.9 70.3-88.3
Retired 499 354 66.4 59.0-73.0 145 33.6 27.0-41.0
Unable to Work 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 128 52 36.9 27.4-47.6 76 63.1 52.4-72.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 220 90 39.1 31.4-47.4 130 60.9 52.6-68.6
$50,000- 74,999 252 116 38.7 31.0-47.1 136 61.3 52.9-69.0
$75,000+ 718 375 47.5 42.7-52.2 343 52.5 47.8-57.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 428 206 43.4 37.4-49.7 222 56.6 50.3-62.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 101 25 19.2 11.3-30.9 76 80.8 69.1-88.7
151% to 200% 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,125 575 45.6 41.8-49.4 550 54.4 50.6-58.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 428 206 43.4 37.4-49.7 222 56.6 50.3-62.6
HOUSING
Own 1,220 667 47.4 43.6-51.3 553 52.6 48.7-56.4
Rent 574 200 31.4 26.7-36.4 374 68.6 63.6-73.3
Other arrangement 136 55 33.1 24.2-43.4 81 66.9 56.6-75.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,109 545 45.2 41.5-48.9 564 54.8 51.1-58.5
Regional City or Suburban County 451 202 39.0 33.0-45.2 249 61.0 54.8-67.0
Rural 393 190 41.8 35.4-48.6 203 58.2 51.4-64.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 698 323 39.2 34.5-44.0 375 60.8 56.0-65.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,120 552 45.5 41.7-49.4 568 54.5 50.6-58.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 712 359 48.0 43.0-52.9 353 52.0 47.1-57.0
2nd Quartile 746 333 38.7 34.3-43.4 413 61.3 56.6-65.7
3rd Quartile 430 215 44.5 38.6-50.7 215 55.5 49.3-61.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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