Table 8_1_2-1

2010 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, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		67.3	0.9	66.8	0.8	64.3	0.9	59.7	0.7
Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	68.6	3.5	64.2	4.2	70.0	3.5	60.2	4.5
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	51.2	2.4	56.1	2.3	47.5	2.2	40.0	2.1
	White only	69.0	1.0	68.2	0.9	65.8	1.0	61.7	0.8
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	55.5	3.2	53.1	3.1	45.5	3.0	43.5	2.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	68.1	0.9	67.8	0.9	65.6	1.0	60.8	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	51.0	2.4	56.3	2.3	48.6	2.3	39.7	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	70.0	1.0	69.3	1.0	67.2	1.1	63.0	0.8
Gender	Male	66.7	1.3	67.5	1.2	65.6	1.3	59.6	1.1
Gender	Female	68.0	1.1	66.6	1.0	63.8	1.2	59.9	1.0
Health insurance	Medicare and private	70.6	1.3	70.6	1.1	68.5	1.2	63.3	0.9
	Medicare and public	67.3	2.4	65.1	2.1	67.9	2.2	58.4	1.9
	Medicare only	61.3	1.5	60.6	1.7	54.7	1.7	53.0	1.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	57.1	2.5	59.7	2.9	56.3	2.7	52.6	2.3
	Near poor/low	63.3	1.8	61.4	2.0	60.6	1.8	55.7	1.6
	Middle	67.4	1.6	67.3	1.5	65.0	1.7	62.2	1.3
	High	73.0	1.6	72.7	1.7	70.7	1.8	62.8	1.7
Education	Less than high school	63.0	1.7	61.3	1.7	57.3	1.7	53.0	1.5
	High school graduate	67.7	1.4	65.4	1.5	64.0	1.6	59.6	1.2
	At least some college	69.0	1.4	71.5	1.3	70.1	1.3	64.8	1.2
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	67.1	1.0	65.8	1.0	63.8	1.0	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	64.2	1.8	58.5	1.8	59.0	1.9	54.0	1.6
	Large fringe metro	67.7	1.7	69.7	1.8	64.8	2.0	60.8	1.7
	Medium metro	69.9	2.0	66.7	1.9	67.2	1.9	61.7	1.6
	Small metro	66.1	3.3	71.6	2.2	66.7	2.5	61.8	2.2
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	69.3	2.5	71.8	2.3	63.9	2.6	62.4	1.8
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	66.3	2.8	68.2	2.8	69.0	2.5	61.6	2.4
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	69.0	1.5	70.1	1.2	67.0	1.5	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	66.0	3.1	67.6	2.5	66.6	2.5	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	67.6	1.1	63.8	1.3	62.3	1.2	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over are unadjusted.

^b Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; 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.

^c For more information, see the 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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 8_1_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_1_2-1.html