Percentage of Adults Ages 65 Years and Older Who Have
Never Been Immunized Against Pneumococcal Disease

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 313 37.1 1.8 33.6 40.6
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 119 40.1 3.0 34.2 46.0
Female 194 35.2 2.2 30.9 39.4
RACE/ETHNICITY . . . . .
White Only, Non-Hispanic 283 36.3 1.8 32.7 39.9
Black Only, Non-Hispanic 19 59.4 10.1 39.6 79.1
Other Race Only, Non-Hispanic 1 16.5 15.6 0.0 47.1
Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 1 21.7 19.1 0.0 59.1
Hispanic 8 51.1 13.8 24.0 78.1
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 52 44.9 5.0 35.1 54.8
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 127 33.9 2.6 28.7 39.0
Some College 75 39.9 3.8 32.5 47.3
College Graduate 55 35.5 4.1 27.6 43.5
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 39 39.1 5.2 28.9 49.3
$15,000 - $24,999 84 39.8 3.6 32.7 46.9
$25,000 - $34,999 43 31.5 4.3 23.1 39.9
$35,000 - $49,999 39 40.5 5.2 30.2 50.7
$50,000+ 29 34.8 5.5 23.9 45.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 58 47.3 4.8 38.0 56.6
Out of Work 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Homemaker / Student 11 41.4 9.6 22.6 60.2
Retired 240 35.4 2.0 31.5 39.2
Unable to Work 3 24.6 13.2 0.0 50.5
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 140 38.2 2.6 33.1 43.3
Divorced / Separated 33 55.3 6.6 42.5 68.2
Widowed 128 32.1 2.5 27.3 37.0
Never Married 8 31.1 9.4 12.6 49.5
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 56 24.7 3.1 18.7 30.8
Living without a Disability 246 41.7 2.2 37.4 45.9
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 18 32.3 6.7 19.3 45.4
Rural 47 39.1 4.6 30.1 48.1
Densely-settled Rural 62 36.7 4.0 28.8 44.7
Semi-urban 59 38.4 4.2 30.1 46.6
Urban 122 36.6 2.8 31.0 42.2
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 53 23.7 3.0 17.7 29.6
Excellent to Good 259 41.9 2.1 37.7 46.0
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 8 52.1 13.6 25.5 78.7
Insured 304 36.9 1.8 33.3 40.4
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 38 42.0 5.7 30.9 53.1
Non-Smoker 274 36.6 1.9 32.9 40.3

Numerator: Respondents ages 65 years and older who reported they
have never been immunized against pneumococcal disease.
Denominator: All respondents ages 65 years and older, excluding unknowns and refusals.