2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 1.69

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Table 1.69
Percent of adolescents age 13-15 who received 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine^a, United States, 1999 and 2003

		2003		1999
Population group		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error

Total		76.9	2.5	49.1	3.6

Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	70.6	7.2	40.1	7.6
	White only	78.0	2.8	50.0	4.4
	More than one race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	75.7	4.8	59.4	6.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	77.2	2.9	46.5	4.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	70.5	7.3	42.0	7.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	79.1	3.3	46.5	5.2

Gender	Female	77.3	3.5	38.9	5.5
Gender	Male	76.6	3.6	56.7	4.5

Health insurance^b	Private	80.4	3.0	48.5	4.5
	Public	73.8	5.8	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	66.4	7.0	51.2	8.0

Family income level^c	Negative or poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	80.2	5.9	DSU	DSU
	Middle	75.3	5.2	47.0	7.4
	High	85.7	4.2	59.7	7.8

Residence location	Urban	75.9	3.0	48.1	4.3
Residence location	Rural	79.7	4.7	51.9	6.9

^a Estimates are not age adjusted.

^b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

^c Negative or poor refers to household 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.

DSU - 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.

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

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