2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Immunization

Have you ever had the shingles or zoster vaccine?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,236 1,024 44.1 41.1-47.1 1,212 55.9 52.9-58.9
Western 345 148 38.8 31.9-46.2 197 61.2 53.8-68.1
GENDER
Male 142 64 36.6 27.0-47.4 *** *** ***
Female 203 84 40.6 31.1-50.8 119 59.4 49.2-68.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 305 135 39.2 32.1-46.9 170 60.8 53.1-67.9
Non-Hispanic Black 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-54 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 191 82 37.8 28.6-47.9 109 62.2 52.1-71.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 299 126 37.7 30.3-45.8 173 62.3 54.2-69.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 97 31 24.1 15.3-35.9 66 75.9 64.1-84.7
Unemployed 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 187 99 53.7 43.7-63.4 88 46.3 36.6-56.3
Unable to Work 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 177 82 40.3 31.4-49.8 95 59.7 50.2-68.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 277 129 42.1 34.2-50.3 148 57.9 49.7-65.8
Rent 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 250 106 39.5 31.2-48.5 144 60.5 51.5-68.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 175 75 33.5 25.4-42.6 100 66.5 57.4-74.6
2nd Quartile 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of respondents age 50 or older.

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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