2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 767 262 30.5 26.9-34.4 505 69.5 65.6-73.1
GENDER
Male 361 106 25.3 20.6-30.7 255 74.7 69.3-79.4
Female 406 156 35.5 30.1-41.2 250 64.5 58.8-69.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 440 185 36.3 31.3-41.6 255 63.7 58.4-68.7
Non-Hispanic Black 152 44 25.0 17.8-33.9 108 75.0 66.1-82.2
Other 168 30 17.8 12.0-25.4 138 82.2 74.6-88.0
AGE
18-44 289 47 15.6 11.5-21.0 242 84.4 79.0-88.5
45-64 258 49 20.3 14.9-27.0 209 79.7 73.0-85.1
65+ 203 162 78.1 70.1-84.5 41 21.9 15.5-29.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 67 29.2 22.6-36.9 154 70.8 63.1-77.4
Some Post-H.S. 198 72 31.8 25.0-39.6 126 68.2 60.4-75.0
College Graduate 344 122 30.7 25.6-36.2 222 69.3 63.8-74.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 87 34.5 27.6-42.1 138 65.5 57.9-72.4
$50,000+ 366 111 26.4 21.8-31.7 255 73.6 68.3-78.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 176 64 34.0 25.8-43.2 112 66.0 56.8-74.2

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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.

^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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