2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,850 1,451 34.3 32.5-36.1 2,399 65.7 63.9-67.5
Medicaid Region 2 549 221 35.2 30.7-40.0 328 64.8 60.0-69.3
GENDER
Male 237 92 34.9 28.3-42.1 145 65.1 57.9-71.7
Female 312 129 35.4 29.2-42.2 183 64.6 57.8-70.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 354 174 42.6 36.8-48.7 180 57.4 51.3-63.2
Non-Hispanic Black 96 24 21.5 13.3-32.9 72 78.5 67.1-86.7
Other 98 22 21.3 13.1-32.7 76 78.7 67.3-86.9
AGE
18-44 178 33 15.2 10.2-22.2 145 84.8 77.8-89.8
45-64 186 56 30.7 23.6-38.9 130 69.3 61.1-76.4
65+ 176 128 72.8 64.2-79.9 48 27.2 20.1-35.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 53 27.7 20.5-36.4 129 72.3 63.6-79.5
Some Post-H.S. 153 64 35.6 27.6-44.5 89 64.4 55.5-72.4
College Graduate 211 103 44.8 37.4-52.4 108 55.2 47.6-62.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 70 34.2 26.6-42.6 115 65.8 57.4-73.4
$50,000+ 223 92 34.0 27.2-41.6 131 66.0 58.4-72.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 141 59 38.9 29.6-49.0 82 61.1 51.0-70.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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