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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 8_1_5.1
Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination,a United States, 1999 and 2006
Population group 2006 1999
Percent SE Percent SE
Total 57.3 0.9 49.9 0.8
Race AI/AN only * * * *
Asian only 37.8 4.4 41.5 6.6
NHOPI only * * * *
Black only 36.8 2.1 32.9 2.3
White only 59.9 1.0 51.9 0.9
Multiple races * * * *
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 33.2 2.8 28.6 2.5
Non-Hispanic, all races 58.8 1.0 51.2 0.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 36.9 2.1 32.8 2.3
Non-Hispanic, White 61.9 1.0 53.2 0.9
Gender Male 55.3 1.4 50.5 1.2
Female 59.1 1.2 49.5 1.0
Health insurance Medicare and private 61.8 1.2 53.9 1.0
Medicare and public 57.1 2.5 37.3 2.3
Medicare only 49.0 1.6 44.7 1.5
Family incomeb Negative/poor 45.1 2.5 40.4 2.3
Near poor/low 55.0 1.8 46.1 1.6
Middle 60.0 1.5 52.9 1.5
High 60.9 1.9 53.2 2.0
Education Less than high school 47.3 1.7 43.4 1.4
High school graduate 61.0 1.6 49.5 1.4
At least some college 61.8 1.5 56.9 1.3
Residence locationc Metropolitan 56.6 1.0 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 49.4 1.9 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 60.0 2.0 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 59.5 1.8 DNA DNA
  Small metro 61.2 2.7 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 57.5 2.8 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 62.2 3.0 DNA DNA
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 63.1 1.4 DNA DNA
Complex activities 58.0 2.7 DNA DNA
Neither basic nor complex activities 54.4 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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