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 798 33.2 1.1 31.2 35.3
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 286 35.3 1.8 31.7 38.9
Female 512 31.8 1.2 29.3 34.2
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 14 35.7 8.3 19.4 52.1
Non-Hispanic 782 33.1 1.1 31.1 35.2
RACE . . . . .
White Only 744 33.1 1.1 30.9 35.2
Black Only 22 32.4 6.4 19.9 44.8
Other Race Only 22 42.6 7.7 27.4 57.7
More than One Race 8 30.2 9.4 11.7 48.6
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 97 32.9 3.1 26.9 38.9
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 340 34.5 1.6 31.3 37.8
Some College 194 31.4 2.1 27.3 35.4
College Graduate 167 33.1 2.3 28.7 37.6
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 62 25.6 3.1 19.5 31.7
$15,000 - $24,999 195 29.0 1.9 25.2 32.8
$25,000 - $34,999 132 31.3 2.5 26.4 36.2
$35,000 - $49,999 120 37.8 2.9 32.0 43.5
$50,000+ 101 39.7 3.3 33.2 46.1
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 524 29.7 1.2 27.4 32.0
1-19 Hours 56 34.3 4.1 26.3 42.4
20-39 Hours 86 41.2 3.8 33.8 48.6
40 + Hours 95 59.1 4.3 50.7 67.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 192 53.5 2.9 47.9 59.2
Out of Work 6 48.1 15.8 17.0 79.1
Homemaker / Student 33 42.7 6.0 30.9 54.5
Retired 551 29.1 1.1 26.9 31.4
Unable to Work 15 26.5 6.6 13.6 39.3
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 401 35.3 1.5 32.4 38.3
Divorced / Separated 123 45.1 3.2 38.8 51.4
Widowed 248 25.8 1.5 22.8 28.7
Never Married 26 39.2 7.4 24.7 53.7
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 222 25.7 1.6 22.5 28.9
Living without a Disability 568 37.4 1.4 34.8 40.1
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 55 41.2 4.6 32.2 50.3
Rural 134 36.4 2.7 31.1 41.6
Densely-settled Rural 131 32.1 2.5 27.2 37.1
Semi-urban 148 32.6 2.4 27.8 37.3
Urban 326 31.7 1.6 28.6 34.8
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 144 23.9 1.9 20.2 27.6
Excellent to Good 647 36.4 1.2 34.0 38.9
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 19 49.8 9.4 31.4 68.2
Insured 779 33.0 1.1 30.9 35.0
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 68 43.8 4.3 35.4 52.2
Non-Smoker 729 32.6 1.1 30.5 34.7

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.