Percentage of Adults with Asthma Who Did Not Get Immunized
Against Influenza During the Past 12 Months

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 214 64.3 2.9 58.6 70.0
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 62 69.5 5.1 59.6 79.4
Female 152 61.1 3.4 54.4 67.9
RACE/ETHNICITY . . . . .
White, Non-Hispanic 182 62.0 3.1 55.9 68.1
Black, Non-Hispanic 13 79.0 9.9 59.6 98.3
Other Race, Non-Hispanic 6 90.7 9.3 72.4 100.0
Hispanic 9 75.1 14.2 47.4 100.0
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 24 67.2 8.0 51.6 82.8
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 72 73.3 4.7 64.0 82.5
Some College 72 61.4 5.3 51.0 71.9
College Graduate 46 55.1 5.9 43.6 66.6
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 26 70.8 7.4 56.4 85.2
$15,000 - $24,999 42 62.8 6.9 49.3 76.3
$25,000 - $34,999 28 67.0 8.0 51.3 82.7
$35,000 - $49,000 38 65.1 7.0 51.3 78.9
$50,000+ 49 63.7 6.1 51.7 75.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 145 71.8 3.6 64.9 78.8
Out of Work 11 86.9 9.4 68.5 100.0
Homemaker / Student 28 74.1 7.9 58.6 89.7
Retired 18 32.0 6.9 18.5 45.5
Unable to Work 12 45.4 10.9 24.2 66.7
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 107 60.4 4.0 52.6 68.2
Divorced / Separated 48 69.3 5.9 57.8 80.9
Widowed 14 39.9 9.2 21.8 57.9
Never Married 44 80.0 5.6 69.0 90.9
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 61 53.4 5.3 43.0 63.9
Living without a Disability 149 68.6 3.4 61.9 75.3
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 7 59.7 13.6 33.0 86.3
Rural 21 62.8 8.7 45.7 79.8
Densely-settled Rural 35 73.1 6.6 60.2 86.0
Semi-urban 35 59.0 7.1 45.2 72.9
Urban 116 64.3 4.1 56.4 72.3
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 47 54.4 6.0 42.6 66.1
Excellent to Good 167 67.6 3.3 61.2 74.0
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 37 91.7 3.6 84.6 98.8
Insured 177 60.2 3.2 54.0 66.5
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 66 80.3 4.8 70.9 89.6
Non-Smoker 146 58.9 3.5 52.0 65.7

Numerator: Respondents with Asthma who reported they
did not have a flu shot during the past 12 months.
Denominator: All respondents with asthma, excluding unknowns and refusals.