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2009 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 2007
    2007 1999
Population group Percent SE Percent SE
Total   57.8 0.9 49.9 0.8
Race AI/AN only DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian only 34.5 4.4 41.5 6.6
NHOPI only DSU DSU DSU DSU
Black only 44.4 2.5 32.9 2.3
White only 60.0 1.0 51.9 0.9
Multiple races DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 32.4 2.8 28.6 2.5
Non-Hispanic, all races 59.6 1.0 51.2 0.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 44.7 2.5 32.8 2.3
Non-Hispanic, White 62.1 1.1 53.2 0.9
Gender Male 55.9 1.4 50.5 1.2
Female 59.4 1.2 49.5 1.0
Health insurance Medicare and private 61.6 1.2 53.9 1.0
Medicare and public 56.9 2.3 37.3 2.3
Medicare only 51.3 1.8 44.7 1.5
Family incomeb Negative/poor 48.6 2.8 40.4 2.3
Near poor/low 54.8 2.0 46.1 1.6
Middle 59.9 1.5 52.9 1.5
High 61.0 1.9 53.2 2.0
Education Less than high school 51.6 1.9 43.4 1.4
High school graduate 58.9 1.5 49.5 1.4
At least some college 61.8 1.5 56.9 1.3
Residence locationc Metropolitan 56.6 1.1 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 47.6 1.9 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 59.9 2.0 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 58.2 2.1 DNA DNA
  Small metro 65.9 2.5 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 62.4 2.4 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 60.9 3.6 DNA DNA
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 64.7 1.3 DNA DNA
Complex activities 60.8 2.6 DNA DNA
No activity limitations 51.4 1.4 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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