2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization

At what kind of place did you get your last flu shot or vaccine?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 A doctor’s office or health maintenance organization (HMO) A store (supermarket, drug store) Workplace Other*
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,880 677 38.2 35.5-40.9 846 42.7 40.1-45.5 132 7.0 5.8- 8.5 225 12.1 10.4-13.9
-MALES 767 255 36.0 32.0-40.2 353 43.0 39.0-47.2 51 6.6 4.8- 9.0 108 14.4 11.6-17.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 548 178 32.6 28.1-37.3 277 48.9 44.0-53.8 38 7.3 5.1-10.4 55 11.2 8.4-14.9
Non-Hispanic Black 104 *** *** *** 35 29.1 20.6-39.4 *** *** *** 19 17.8 10.6-28.4
Other 111 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 22.7 15.4-32.2
AGE
18-34 140 34 25.5 18.2-34.6 54 36.9 28.4-46.2 18 15.2 9.3-24.0 34 22.3 15.6-30.9
35-44 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 19.0 11.2-30.2
45-54 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 18.4 10.3-30.6
55-64 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 9.3 5.2-15.9 11 7.4 3.7-14.3
65-74 165 63 40.7 32.1-50.0 85 49.2 40.3-58.3 *** *** *** 14 8.5 4.7-15.1
75+ 161 52 34.7 26.0-44.6 92 53.3 43.5-62.8 *** *** *** 17 12.0 6.7-20.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 140 57 41.6 32.7-51.2 49 35.6 27.0-45.3 *** *** *** 29 19.4 13.0-27.9
Some Post-H.S. 180 57 31.0 23.8-39.3 80 45.9 37.9-54.1 *** *** *** 35 17.1 11.9-24.0
College Graduate 388 117 31.7 26.6-37.2 205 51.2 45.5-56.8 38 10.9 7.8-15.1 28 6.2 4.2- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 16.6 9.4-27.7
$75,000+ 323 100 34.3 28.4-40.8 163 47.7 41.5-54.0 33 9.7 6.6-13.8 27 8.3 5.4-12.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 256 86 35.4 28.4-43.1 121 44.2 36.9-51.8 *** *** *** 40 17.5 12.4-24.1
No 501 167 36.6 31.7-41.7 225 42.0 37.1-47.1 42 8.5 6.1-11.8 67 12.9 9.9-16.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 230 78 35.1 28.2-42.6 87 33.5 26.9-40.9 20 11.1 6.8-17.6 45 20.3 14.9-27.0
Non-Veteran 536 177 36.5 31.7-41.7 265 47.1 42.1-52.2 31 4.6 3.1- 6.7 63 11.8 8.8-15.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 271 87 37.2 30.5-44.4 144 50.8 43.9-57.7 19 6.3 3.7-10.5 21 5.7 3.6- 8.9
Regional City or Suburban County 242 74 33.5 26.7-41.0 110 41.3 34.2-48.7 18 7.3 4.4-12.0 40 17.9 12.7-24.6
Rural 254 94 37.2 30.3-44.6 99 36.1 29.2-43.5 14 6.2 3.3-11.3 47 20.6 15.1-27.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 380 118 34.2 28.8-40.1 153 39.5 34.0-45.3 48 11.9 8.6-16.2 61 14.3 10.9-18.7
Unemployed 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 294 109 41.3 34.5-48.5 156 48.2 41.3-55.3 *** *** *** 27 9.8 6.3-15.0
Unable to Work 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 471 139 33.1 28.1-38.4 234 46.5 41.3-51.8 43 8.9 6.3-12.4 55 11.5 8.6-15.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 152 52 31.8 24.1-40.7 48 31.6 23.6-40.8 14 10.0 5.6-17.3 38 26.5 19.3-35.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 232 87 40.8 33.4-48.7 105 42.7 35.4-50.3 12 4.8 2.6- 8.9 28 11.6 7.4-17.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 383 116 35.0 29.4-41.2 200 48.6 42.6-54.6 25 6.0 3.8- 9.6 42 10.3 7.2-14.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 298 96 37.3 30.6-44.5 153 47.9 41.1-54.9 20 5.1 3.1- 8.4 29 9.7 6.1-14.9
2nd Quartile 222 68 33.9 26.8-41.8 105 44.1 36.7-51.7 16 7.6 4.3-13.0 33 14.5 9.8-20.8
3rd Quartile 188 70 39.0 31.3-47.4 75 38.4 30.8-46.7 *** *** *** 33 17.3 11.9-24.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Other includes at a Health Department, other clinic/health Center, a senior, recreation, or community center, a hospital (inpatient or outpatient), an emergency room, a school, a drive through, or some other kind of place.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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