Figure 5.1. Percent
of adults aged 65 years and over who had ever received pneumococcal vaccine: United States, 1997-2002
![Figure 5.1. Percent of adults aged 65 years and over who had ever received pneumococcal vaccine: United States, 1997 - quarter one 2002](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121230825im_/http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/images/nhis/released200212/fig05-1.gif)
NOTES: The analysis
excluded those with unknown pneumococcal vaccination status (about 3% of
respondents). CI is confidence interval.
DATA SOURCE: Sample
Adult Core component of the 1997-2002 National Health Interview Surveys.
The estimate for 2002 was based on data collected from January through June.
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From January through June 2002, the percent of
adults aged 65 years and over who reported ever receiving pneumococcal
vaccine increased to 55.7% (95% CI = 53.7%-57.8%) from 53.8% in 2001.
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There has been an increasing trend in the annual
percent of adults aged 65 years and over who had ever received pneumococcal
vaccine: 42.4% in 1997, 46.0% in 1998, 49.7% in 1999, 52.9% in 2000, and
53.8% in 2001.
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