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

  Total White Black API AI/AN
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                     
Total 66.3% 0.7% 68.6% 0.7% 50.2% 2.0% 60.0% 4.8% 46.3% 8.8%
                     
Age                    
    65 to 74 61.3% 0.9% 63.2% 1.0% 46.4% 2.6% 60.6% 5.9% 45.2% 10.9%
    75 to 84 71.1% 0.8% 73.5% 0.8% 55.4% 3.1% 59.5% 6.5% * *
    85 and older 69.6% 1.4% 72.3% 1.4% 50.0% 4.5% * * * *
                     
Gender                    
    Male 67.3% 0.9% 69.2% 0.9% 53.7% 2.9% 66.3% 6.5% * *
    Female 65.6% 0.8% 68.2% 0.8% 48.2% 2.7% 54.6% 5.8% 58.1% 11.9%
                     
Incomeb                    
    Negative or poor 56.1% 1.6% 59.7% 1.9% 49.7% 3.5% 48.2% 8.1% * *
    Near poor/low 64.7% 1.1% 67.4% 1.1% 47.8% 2.8% 64.0% 5.9% * *
    Middle 69.6% 0.9% 71.0% 0.9% 50.0% 4.0% 61.2% 8.4% * *
    High 71.1% 1.3% 71.3% 1.3% 69.1% 7.0% * * * *
                     
Insurance coverage                    
    Medicare and private 68.4% 0.7% 69.6% 0.8% 51.0% 3.2% 55.6% 8.8% * *
    Medicare and Medicaid 57.8% 1.8% 62.9% 2.3% 49.6% 3.1% 51.9% 7.6% * *
    Medicare HMO 71.2% 1.3% 73.0% 1.4% 55.9% 3.9% 77.2% 5.8% * *
    Medicare fee-for-service only 51.2% 2.0% 54.0% 2.5% 43.1% 4.5% * * * *
                     
Residence location                    
    MSA 66.3% 0.7% 68.6% 0.8% 52.0% 1.9% 60.6% 4.9% * *
    Non-MSA 66.4% 1.4% 68.7% 1.3% 44.5% 6.8% * * * *
                     
Functional limitations                    
    No limitations 63.4% 0.8% 65.6% 0.8% 46.5% 2.6% 57.3% 5.3% * *
    At least 1 IADL/ADL 70.1% 1.0% 72.5% 1.0% 53.9% 2.6% 63.9% 6.4% 63.3% 12.1%
                     

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: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; 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 234b Table 233a

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