Percentage of Adults with Asthma Who Have Never
Been Immunized Against Pneumococcal Disease

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 204 65.9 2.9 60.2 71.6
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 56 70.6 5.3 60.2 80.9
Female 148 63.4 3.4 56.7 70.1
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 23 86.5 6.6 73.5 99.5
25-34 years 40 76.7 6.7 63.6 89.8
35-44 years 51 72.3 5.6 61.3 83.3
45-54 years 45 68.4 6.0 56.6 80.1
55-64 years 23 51.2 8.3 35.0 67.5
65+ years 21 32.9 6.5 20.2 45.6
RACE/ETHNICITY . . . . .
White Only, Non-Hispanic 174 64.5 3.2 58.3 70.7
Black Only, Non-Hispanic 11 82.4 9.3 64.3 100.0
Other Race Only, Non-Hispanic 10 95.8 4.3 87.4 100.0
Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 3 45.4 22.5 1.2 89.6
Hispanic 5 56.4 17.5 22.1 90.7
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 10 64.3 11.4 42.0 86.6
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 58 62.8 5.4 52.3 73.3
Some College 68 65.5 5.4 54.8 76.1
College Graduate 68 70.4 4.7 61.3 79.5
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 22 58.0 8.3 41.8 74.2
$15,000 - $24,999 35 62.3 7.1 48.4 76.2
$25,000 - $34,999 27 67.2 8.4 50.7 83.6
$35,000 - $49,999 26 61.6 8.2 45.6 77.6
$50,000+ 63 72.4 5.2 62.2 82.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 136 74.1 3.6 67.1 81.2
Out of Work 5 51.3 17.7 16.6 85.9
Homemaker / Student 26 77.4 7.3 63.1 91.8
Retired 20 33.1 6.8 19.9 46.4
Unable to Work 17 53.8 9.1 35.9 71.7
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 115 69.4 3.8 61.9 76.9
Divorced / Separated 40 51.5 6.9 37.9 65.0
Widowed 13 38.0 9.1 20.2 55.8
Never Married 36 77.2 6.3 64.7 89.6
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 67 54.7 5.1 44.7 64.6
Living without a Disability 134 71.0 3.5 64.2 77.7
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 4 65.4 18.8 28.6 100.0
Rural 14 54.6 9.9 35.3 73.9
Densely-settled Rural 34 76.2 6.4 63.6 88.7
Semi-urban 47 67.5 6.1 55.5 79.5
Urban 103 63.6 4.2 55.5 71.8
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 50 49.1 5.5 38.2 60.0
Excellent to Good 154 72.4 3.3 66.0 78.8
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 25 80.4 7.8 65.1 95.7
Insured 179 64.1 3.1 58.0 70.2
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 47 68.8 5.7 57.6 80.0
Non-Smoker 157 65.0 3.4 58.4 71.6

Numerator: Respondents with asthma who reported they
have never been immunized against pneumococcal disease.
Denominator: All respondents with Asthma, excluding unknowns and refusals.