Table 234b: Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older who reported every having pneumonia vaccination, by ethnicity, 2000a

      Non-Hispanic    
  Total All races White Black Hispanic (of any race)
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                     
Total 66.3% 0.7% 66.3% 0.7% 69.2% 0.7% 49.5% 2.1% 56.2% 2.7%
                     
Age                    
    65 to 74 61.3% 0.9% 61.3% 0.9% 63.9% 1.0% 45.2% 2.6% 52.6% 3.6%
    75 to 84 71.1% 0.8% 71.1% 0.8% 73.9% 0.8% 55.5% 3.2% 58.9% 3.2%
    85 and older 69.6% 1.4% 69.6% 1.4% 73.0% 1.5% 48.9% 4.5% 62.0% 5.1%
                     
Gender                    
    Male 67.3% 0.9% 67.3% 0.9% 69.6% 0.9% 53.2% 2.9% 60.3% 3.5%
    Female 65.6% 0.8% 65.6% 0.8% 69.0% 0.8% 47.4% 2.7% 52.9% 3.4%
                     
Incomeb                    
    Negative or poor 56.1% 1.6% 56.1% 1.9% 62.8% 2.1% 49.0% 3.7% 47.5% 3.7%
    Near poor/low 64.7% 1.1% 64.7% 1.1% 67.6% 1.1% 47.1% 2.8% 60.7% 4.6%
    Middle 69.6% 0.9% 69.6% 0.9% 71.0% 0.9% 48.8% 4.1% 66.1% 5.4%
    High 71.1% 1.3% 71.1% 1.3% 71.6% 1.3% 69.8% 7.1% 55.1% 9.2%
                     
Insurance coverage                    
    Medicare and private 68.4% 0.7% 68.4% 0.7% 69.7% 0.8% 50.9% 3.2% 61.3% 4.3%
    Medicare and Medicaid 57.8% 1.8% 57.8% 2.1% 66.3% 2.7% 48.5% 3.2% 52.8% 3.7%
    Medicare HMO 71.2% 1.3% 71.2% 1.3% 73.2% 1.4% 55.5% 3.8% 65.9% 4.9%
    Medicare fee-for-service only 51.2% 2.0% 51.2% 2.0% 55.6% 2.5% 41.5% 4.6% 36.1% 4.7%
                     
Residence location                    
    MSA 66.3% 0.7% 66.3% 0.7% 69.3% 0.8% 51.1% 1.9% 57.4% 3.0%
    Non-MSA 66.4% 1.4% 66.4% 1.4% 69.2% 1.3% 44.4% 6.9% 50.0% 3.6%
                     
Functional limitations                    
    No limitations 63.4% 0.8% 63.4% 0.8% 66.1% 0.8% 45.6% 2.6% 54.5% 3.0%
    At least 1 IADL/ADL 70.1% 1.0% 70.1% 1.0% 73.4% 1.0% 53.4% 2.7% 58.1% 4.0%
                     

aFull year community residents (age 65 or older)

bNegative or poor refers to 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: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; IADL: Instrumental activities of daily living; ADL: Activities of daily living

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Table 234c Table 234a

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