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 436 39.7 1.7 36.4 43.0
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SEX . . . . .
Male 180 42.8 2.8 37.4 48.1
Female 256 37.6 2.1 33.5 41.8
RACE/ETHNICITY . . . . .
White Only, Non-Hispanic 397 38.9 1.7 35.5 42.3
Black Only, Non-Hispanic 19 67.7 9.6 48.9 86.5
Other Race Only, Non-Hispanic 9 38.8 12.1 15.1 62.4
Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 3 38.3 18.3 2.4 74.1
Hispanic 7 64.0 15.6 33.4 94.5
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 48 37.6 5.0 27.8 47.3
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 176 42.5 2.7 37.1 47.9
Some College 111 38.3 3.3 31.9 44.8
College Graduate 99 37.3 3.3 30.7 43.8
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 42 40.2 5.3 29.8 50.6
$15,000 - $24,999 93 36.7 3.5 29.9 43.5
$25,000 - $34,999 79 38.7 3.9 31.0 46.4
$35,000 - $49,999 54 44.2 5.0 34.4 53.9
$50,000+ 50 44.2 5.3 33.9 54.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 71 59.2 5.0 49.5 69.0
Out of Work 2 100.0 0.0 100.0 100.0
Homemaker / Student 7 37.9 11.6 15.0 60.7
Retired 347 37.0 1.8 33.4 40.5
Unable to Work 9 61.9 13.9 34.7 89.2
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 202 39.0 2.4 34.4 43.7
Divorced / Separated 78 52.7 4.7 43.5 62.0
Widowed 141 36.4 2.7 31.1 41.7
Never Married 13 43.8 9.6 24.9 62.6
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 109 33.4 3.0 27.6 39.3
Living without a Disability 322 42.6 2.1 38.6 46.6
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 24 36.8 6.9 23.3 50.4
Rural 70 41.1 4.2 32.9 49.3
Densely-settled Rural 68 35.5 4.0 27.8 43.3
Semi-urban 104 47.0 3.8 39.5 54.5
Urban 169 37.7 2.6 32.6 42.9
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 98 34.8 3.2 28.5 41.1
Excellent to Good 336 41.5 2.0 37.6 45.4
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 17 92.9 4.2 84.8 100.0
Insured 419 38.7 1.7 35.4 42.0
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 50 47.1 5.4 36.5 57.7
Non-Smoker 385 39.0 1.8 35.5 42.4

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.