2024 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 3,850 1,451 34.3 32.5-36.1 2,399 65.7 63.9-67.5
Medicaid Region 5 533 195 35.2 30.5-40.2 338 64.8 59.8-69.5
GENDER
Male 245 87 32.7 26.3-39.8 158 67.3 60.2-73.7
Female 288 108 37.4 30.9-44.4 180 62.6 55.6-69.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 337 133 34.5 29.0-40.4 204 65.5 59.6-71.0
Non-Hispanic Black 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 187 38 18.9 13.6-25.7 149 81.1 74.3-86.4
45-64 175 48 32.6 24.4-42.1 127 67.4 57.9-75.6
65+ 167 108 62.6 53.5-71.0 59 37.4 29.0-46.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 67 33.9 26.5-42.1 128 66.1 57.9-73.5
Some Post-H.S. 148 60 42.5 33.5-52.1 88 57.5 47.9-66.5
College Graduate 188 68 29.8 23.3-37.2 120 70.2 62.8-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 67 37.9 29.7-46.8 105 62.1 53.2-70.3
$50,000+ 243 76 29.5 23.3-36.5 167 70.5 63.5-76.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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