Table 68a: Non-institutionalized adults age 65 and over who received influenza vaccine in the past year^a, by race, United States, 2001

			Single Race Only
	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black		White		>1 Race
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	63.1	0.7	*	*	57.6	6.0	*	*	47.5	2.3	64.7	0.7	*	*
Gender
Female	61.6	0.9	*	*	63.5	7.7	*	*	47.5	2.7	62.9	1.0	*	*
Male	65.0	1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	47.5	4.2	67.2	1.2	*	*
Health insurance
Persons age 65 and over	63.1	0.7	*	*	57.6	6.0	*	*	47.5	2.3	64.7	0.7	*	*
Medicare and any private	66.6	0.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	47.6	3.5	67.7	0.9	*	*
Medicare and any public	55.6	2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	46.3	4.1	58.1	2.6	*	*
Medicare only	57.8	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	49.8	3.8	59.3	1.7	*	*
Family income
< 100% of poverty level	51.4	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	50.5	4.6	51.9	2.9	*	*
100-199% of poverty level	58.0	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	43.3	4.2	60.2	1.7	*	*
200-399% of poverty level	67.3	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	50.6	7.2	68.7	1.4	*	*
≥ 400% of poverty level	68.9	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	69.3	1.8	*	*
Education (age 25 and over)
Less than high school graduate	57.8	1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	43.2	3.5	60.9	1.3	*	*
High school graduate	63.0	1.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	50.4	4.4	63.6	1.4	*	*
At least some college	67.9	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	49.1	6.0	69.0	1.2	*	*
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	63.1	0.8	*	*	60.0	6.0	*	*	47.6	2.5	65.0	0.9	*	*
Rural (Non-MSA)	63.0	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	47.2	6.3	64.3	1.5	*	*

^aPercents are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

^*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; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

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

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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