N C H S - N H I S - Table 5.1 (Released 7/2002)

Table 5.1. Age-adjusted percent of adults aged 65 years and over who had ever received pneumococcal vaccine, by sex and race/ethnicity for all ages: United States, 2001

Sex and race/ethnicity	Percent	95% confidence interval
Total	54.0	52.4-55.5
Sex Male Female	54.6 53.6	52.2-57.0 51.7-55.5
Race/ethnicity Hispanic White non-Hispanic Black non-Hispanic	33.0 57.9 34.6	27.5-38.5 56.2-59.6 30.2-39.0

NOTES: The analysis excluded 211adults aged 65 years and over with unknown pneumococcal vaccination status. Estimates for this Healthy People 2010 leading health indicator are age-adjusted to the projected year 2000 standard population using two age groups: 65-74 years and 75 years and over.

DATA SOURCE: Sample Adult Core component of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey.

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