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IMMUNIZATION MODULE

R2:  At Risk For Never Having Pneumococcal Vaccine

Respondents Who Have Never Had Pneumococcal Vaccine (Respondents 65+), 2005

Population Subgroups

Number of Respondents

Number at Risk

Percent of Respondents at Risk

% Confidence Interval Lower Limit

% Confidence Interval Upper Limit

Totals

997

290

28.3

25.3

31.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex

Female

662

182

25.9

22.3

29.6

Male

335

108

31.7

26.4

37.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race

White

967

288

29.1

25.9

32.2

American Indian

11

0

.

.

.

Other

8

0

.

.

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Less than H.S.

216

62

30.3

23.3

37.3

H.S. Grad

349

106

29.1

23.9

34.3

Some College

268

70

24.1

18.6

29.6

College Grad

161

51

31.1

23.3

38.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Income

0-14,999

144

36

24.1

16.6

31.6

15,000-24,999

249

74

31.6

25.0

38.2

25,000-49,999

273

85

29.1

23.4

34.9

50,000-74,999

51

12

21.9

9.8

34.1

75,000+

42

18

41.1

25.3

56.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marital Status

Divorced

70

21

29.4

17.8

41.0

Married

469

149

31.1

26.7

35.5

Never Married

38

14

29.3

15.0

43.6

Separated

7

2

20.2

0.0

47.4

Widowed

411

104

23.3

19.0

27.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment

Employed

170

78

45.9

37.6

54.3

Retired/Disabled

693

172

24.1

20.6

27.6

Student/Homemaker

115

32

26.9

17.9

35.8

Unemployed

13

6

52.5

22.9

82.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Plan

Don't Have Coverage

35

12

34.7

16.9

52.4

Health Coverage

958

278

28.3

25.1

31.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asthma

No

909

274

29.2

25.9

32.4

Yes

80

14

18.1

9.0

27.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Health

Excellent, Very Good, Good

723

241

32.2

28.5

35.9

Fair, Poor

268

46

19.0

13.6

24.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can’t Afford Health Care

No

962

282

28.7

25.6

31.9

Yes

34

7

17.1

4.5

29.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had Flu Vaccine

No

313

173

55.2

49.1

61.3

Yes

683

117

17.2

14.0

20.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Provider

No

77

32

35.6

24.1

47.1

Yes, more than one

109

30

28.0

18.7

37.2

Yes, only one

805

228

27.9

24.5

31.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Smokers

No

908

257

27.3

24.1

30.4

Yes

86

32

40.8

29.0

52.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disability

No

699

221

30.3

26.6

34.0

Yes

275

60

22.6

17.0

28.3


Percent Of Respondents Who Never Had Pneumovac (Respondents 65+), 1996-2003

Characteristics

# of
respondents

# never had
Pneumovac

Percent of
respondents who
never had
Pneumovac

%
Confidence
Interval

Total

3023

1143

39.1

37.1-41.0

 

Race

White

2955

1115

39.1

37.1-41.0

Amer. Indian

37

18

47.3

27.4-67.2

Other

17

6

36.3

8.7-63.8


Table Type

Percentage with risk factor

Definition:

R2: At Risk For never Having Pneumococcal Vaccine: Respondents Who Never Had Pneumovac (Respondents 65+)

Denominator:

All Respondents

 Abbreviations:

# at risk = Number within subpopulation with the risk factor

 

Percent at risk = Percentage of subpopulation with the risk factor

 

% Confidence interval = 95% confidence interval

 



 

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