Table 8_1_2-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

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
Population group		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
Gender	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 income^b	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 location^c	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 limitations^c	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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_1_2-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_1_2-1.html