Table 95a
Non-institutionalized adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccinationa, by race, United States, 2003
Population group Total Single race Multiple races
White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                               
Total   55.7 0.8 57.9 0.8 37.2 2.2 35.4 5.4 * * * * * *
                               
Gender Female 56.8 1.0 58.9 1.0 39.3 2.9 39.3 7.6 * * * * * *
Male 54.3 1.2 56.6 1.3 34.1 3.7 * * * * * * * *
                               
Health Insurance Medicare and private 60.0 0.9 61.1 1.0 42.2 3.6 * * * * * * * *
Medicare and public 49.5 2.1 54.2 2.3 35.1 4.6 * * * * * * * *
Medicare only 48.4 1.6 51.0 1.8 36.2 3.5 * * * * * * * *
                               
Family incomeb Negative or poor 45.5 2.6 49.9 3.0 35.7 4.9 * * * * * * * *
Near poor/low 57.2 1.7 59.9 1.8 37.5 4.8 * * * * * * * *
Middle 60.6 1.6 63.0 1.6 34.1 5.4 * * * * * * * *
High 57.2 2.1 59.2 2.1 * * * * * * * * * *
                               
Education Less than high school 47.8 1.5 51.2 1.7 33.1 3.0 * * * * * * * *
High school graduate 57.9 1.3 59.3 1.4 37.6 4.8 * * * * * * * *
At least some college 60.3 1.2 61.8 1.3 47.1 4.9 * * * * * * * *
                               
Residence location Urban 55.4 0.9 57.8 1.0 38.7 2.5 35.4 5.5 * * * * * *
Rural 56.6 1.6 58.4 1.6 30.9 5.9 * * * * * * * *
                               

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

b Negative or 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.

* 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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