Percentage of Adults Ages 65 Years and Older 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 279 31.5 1.7 28.2 34.9
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 90 29.5 2.8 24.0 34.9
Female 189 32.9 2.1 28.7 37.1
RACE/ETHNICITY . . . . .
White Only, Non-Hispanic 251 30.4 1.7 27.0 33.7
Black Only, Non-Hispanic 17 52.4 10.2 32.5 72.4
Other Race Only, Non-Hispanic 1 12.3 11.9 0.0 35.7
Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 1 22.7 19.7 0.0 61.3
Hispanic 9 63.2 12.0 39.8 86.7
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 43 35.1 4.8 25.7 44.4
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 130 33.9 2.6 28.8 39.1
Some College 62 30.6 3.5 23.7 37.5
College Graduate 43 26.0 3.7 18.8 33.2
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 45 44.3 5.2 34.1 54.6
$15,000 - $24,999 66 30.4 3.4 23.7 37.2
$25,000 - $34,999 49 34.1 4.3 25.7 42.6
$35,000 - $49,999 29 28.1 4.7 19.0 37.3
$50,000+ 28 33.7 5.5 23.0 44.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 56 43.0 4.7 33.8 52.1
Out of Work 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Homemaker / Student 11 32.6 8.9 15.2 50.0
Retired 204 29.0 1.9 25.3 32.6
Unable to Work 8 69.2 13.9 41.9 96.5
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 109 30.0 2.5 25.2 34.8
Divorced / Separated 32 49.5 6.6 36.7 62.4
Widowed 129 31.4 2.4 26.6 36.2
Never Married 7 27.1 9.0 9.5 44.7
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 55 25.4 3.2 19.2 31.7
Living without a Disability 213 33.7 2.0 29.7 37.7
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 15 25.0 6.0 13.2 36.8
Rural 42 31.1 4.2 22.8 39.4
Densely-settled Rural 63 35.7 4.0 27.9 43.5
Semi-urban 52 32.9 4.1 24.9 40.8
Urban 106 30.8 2.7 25.5 36.1
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 56 25.8 3.2 19.6 32.1
Excellent to Good 222 33.5 2.0 29.6 37.5
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 7 51.9 13.5 25.4 78.4
Insured 271 31.2 1.7 27.8 34.5
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 40 45.9 5.8 34.6 57.2
Non-Smoker 238 29.9 1.8 26.5 33.4

Numerator: Respondents ages 65 years and older who reported they
did not have a flu shot during the past 12 months.
Denominator: All respondents ages 65 years and older, excluding unknowns and refusals.