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Figure 5.3. Percent
of adults aged 65 years and over who had ever received pneumococcal vaccine, by race/ethnicity: United
States, January-June 2002
NOTES: The analysis
excluded 108 adults aged 65 years and over with unknown pneumococcal
vaccination status.
DATA SOURCE: Based on
data collected from January through June in the Sample Adult Core component
of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey.
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 The percent of adults aged 65 years and over who
received pneumococcal vaccine was 23.8% for Hispanic persons, 60.6% for
white non-Hispanic persons, and 36.1% for black non-Hispanic persons.
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White non-Hispanic persons were more likely than
Hispanic persons and black non-Hispanic persons to have ever received
pneumococcal vaccine.
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