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 318 63.1 2.3 58.5 67.7
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 90 63.6 4.3 55.2 72.0
Female 228 62.9 2.8 57.5 68.2
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 23 79.7 8.1 63.9 95.5
25-34 years 67 90.4 3.5 83.5 97.2
35-44 years 76 75.6 4.7 66.3 84.8
45-54 years 86 64.6 4.4 56.0 73.1
55-64 years 47 45.3 5.3 34.9 55.7
65+ years 17 13.4 3.2 7.1 19.7
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 13 71.8 13.5 45.3 98.3
Non-Hispanic 304 62.7 2.4 58.0 67.3
RACE . . . . .
White Only 282 62.2 2.5 57.3 67.1
Black Only 13 67.6 10.6 46.7 88.5
Other Race Only 16 73.9 10.6 53.2 94.7
More than One Race 6 70.1 14.5 41.7 98.5
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 25 62.2 8.3 46.0 78.4
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 79 63.3 4.4 54.7 72.0
Some College 103 60.6 4.4 52.1 69.2
College Graduate 111 65.7 3.8 58.2 73.2
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 25 55.1 8.1 39.1 71.0
$15,000 - $24,999 59 59.2 5.0 49.4 69.0
$25,000 - $34,999 31 47.6 7.8 32.4 62.8
$35,000 - $49,999 53 61.3 5.7 50.1 72.5
$50,000+ 115 74.7 3.6 67.7 81.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 227 74.7 2.6 69.6 79.8
Out of Work 12 67.6 13.0 42.2 93.0
Homemaker / Student 37 76.2 8.1 60.4 92.0
Retired 21 19.5 4.2 11.2 27.8
Unable to Work 21 37.1 7.0 23.5 50.8
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 48 46.3 5.2 36.0 56.5
1-19 Hours 13 71.7 9.5 53.1 90.3
20-39 Hours 49 65.7 6.8 52.3 79.0
40 + Hours 175 75.9 3.0 70.1 81.7
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 202 65.9 2.8 60.4 71.4
Divorced / Separated 54 52.6 5.5 41.8 63.5
Widowed 16 22.2 5.2 11.9 32.4
Never Married 46 77.1 6.5 64.5 89.8
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 99 46.2 3.6 39.0 53.3
Living without a Disability 208 72.0 2.9 66.3 77.7
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 8 62.4 13.9 35.1 89.7
Rural 37 60.8 6.7 47.6 74.0
Densely-settled Rural 53 65.2 5.0 55.4 75.1
Semi-urban 51 60.3 5.7 49.2 71.4
Urban 166 63.5 3.4 56.9 70.1
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 59 41.1 4.4 32.6 49.6
Excellent to Good 258 70.3 2.6 65.1 75.4
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 43 76.1 6.2 64.0 88.2
Insured 275 61.4 2.5 56.5 66.4
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 63 64.9 5.1 54.9 74.8
Non-Smoker 255 62.7 2.6 57.5 67.9

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