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2009 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 2007
    2007 1999
Population group Percent SE Percent SE
Total   66.8 0.8 65.9 0.8
Race AI/AN only DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian only 64.2 4.2 73.2 6.0
NHOPI only DSU DSU DSU DSU
Black only 56.1 2.3 50.8 2.3
White only 68.2 0.9 67.3 0.8
Multiple races DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 53.1 3.1 56.4 2.6
Non-Hispanic, all races 67.8 0.9 66.5 0.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 56.3 2.3 50.8 2.3
Non-Hispanic, White 69.3 1.0 68.0 0.8
Gender Male 67.5 1.2 67.8 1.1
Female 66.6 1.0 64.6 1.0
Health insurance Medicare and private 70.6 1.1 68.9 0.9
Medicare and public 65.1 2.1 57.5 2.2
Medicare only 60.6 1.7 62.4 1.4
Family incomeb Negative/poor 59.7 2.9 59.0 2.2
Near poor/low 61.4 2.0 62.1 1.6
Middle 67.3 1.5 67.5 1.2
High 72.7 1.7 70.8 1.7
Education Less than high school 61.3 1.7 60.5 1.3
High school graduate 65.4 1.5 65.3 1.3
At least some college 71.5 1.3 71.6 1.1
Residence locationc Metropolitan 65.8 1.0 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 58.5 1.8 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 69.7 1.8 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 66.7 1.9 DNA DNA
  Small metro 71.6 2.2 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 71.8 2.3 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 68.2 2.8 DNA DNA
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 70.1 1.2 DNA DNA
Complex activities 67.6 2.5 DNA DNA
No activity limitations 63.8 1.3 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, 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 people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

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

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - 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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