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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 8_1_2.1
Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months,a United States, 1999 and 2006
Population group 2006 1999
Percent SE Percent SE
Total 64.3 0.9 65.9 0.8
Race AI/AN only * * * *
Asian only 70.0 3.5 73.2 6.0
NHOPI only * * * *
Black only 47.5 2.2 50.8 2.3
White only 65.8 1.0 67.3 0.8
Multiple races * * * *
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 45.5 3.0 56.4 2.6
Non-Hispanic, all races 65.6 1.0 66.5 0.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 48.6 2.3 50.8 2.3
Non-Hispanic, White 67.2 1.1 68.0 0.8
Gender Male 65.6 1.3 67.8 1.1
Female 63.8 1.2 64.6 1.0
Health insurance Medicare and private 68.5 1.2 68.9 0.9
Medicare and public 67.9 2.2 57.5 2.2
Medicare only 54.7 1.7 62.4 1.4
Family incomeb Negative/poor 56.3 2.7 59.0 2.2
Near poor/low 60.6 1.8 62.1 1.6
Middle 65.0 1.7 67.5 1.2
High 70.7 1.8 70.8 1.7
Education Less than high school 57.3 1.7 60.5 1.3
High school graduate 64.0 1.6 65.3 1.3
At least some college 70.1 1.3 71.6 1.1
Residence locationc Metropolitan 63.8 1.0 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 59.0 1.9 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 64.8 2.0 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 67.2 1.9 DNA DNA
  Small metro 66.7 2.5 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 63.9 2.6 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 69.0 2.5 DNA DNA
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 67.0 1.5 DNA DNA
Complex activities 66.6 2.5 DNA DNA
Neither basic nor complex activities 62.3 1.2 DNA DNA

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

c For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

 

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