Percentage of Adults with Asthma Who Did Not Get Immunized
Against Influenza During the Past 12 Months

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 351 58.4 2.3 53.9 62.8
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 101 66.6 4.0 58.7 74.5
Female 250 54.0 2.7 48.8 59.2
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 25 82.7 7.1 68.7 96.7
25-34 years 73 73.6 4.6 64.5 82.7
35-44 years 73 66.9 4.8 57.6 76.3
45-54 years 81 50.6 4.5 41.8 59.3
55-64 years 61 49.2 4.7 39.9 58.5
65+ years 34 19.4 3.3 13.1 25.8
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 16 78.8 8.4 62.3 95.3
Non-Hispanic 334 57.6 2.3 53.0 62.1
RACE . . . . .
White Only 295 57.2 2.4 52.5 61.9
Black Only 18 70.6 13.2 44.8 96.4
Other Race Only 22 58.3 10.7 37.3 79.4
More than One Race 14 70.2 10.5 49.6 90.7
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 27 38.7 7.1 24.8 52.6
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 93 64.2 4.6 55.3 73.1
Some College 134 65.2 3.6 58.2 72.2
College Graduate 96 50.0 4.0 42.2 57.8
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 47 61.3 6.1 49.3 73.2
$15,000 - $24,999 59 58.2 5.6 47.2 69.2
$25,000 - $34,999 50 61.5 6.0 49.7 73.3
$35,000 - $49,999 47 54.4 5.8 43.0 65.9
$50,000+ 117 57.6 3.8 50.2 65.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 225 62.2 2.8 56.7 67.8
Out of Work 15 79.7 8.8 62.4 97.1
Homemaker / Student 26 65.8 8.6 48.9 82.7
Retired 35 23.4 3.8 16.0 30.8
Unable to Work 50 65.1 5.9 53.4 76.7
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 48 36.4 5.3 25.9 46.8
1-19 Hours 13 58.3 12.2 34.4 82.3
20-39 Hours 40 54.9 6.7 41.7 68.0
40 + Hours 181 64.7 3.1 58.6 70.8
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 196 56.9 2.7 51.6 62.2
Divorced / Separated 76 61.1 4.8 51.8 70.4
Widowed 28 34.4 5.6 23.4 45.4
Never Married 49 69.3 6.7 56.2 82.4
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 136 53.7 3.5 46.8 60.6
Living without a Disability 215 61.4 3.0 55.6 67.2
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 16 54.0 10.2 34.1 74.0
Rural 41 64.9 6.4 52.4 77.4
Densely-settled Rural 58 68.3 5.0 58.5 78.2
Semi-urban 72 62.2 4.7 52.9 71.5
Urban 162 52.0 3.3 45.4 58.5
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 98 52.8 4.3 44.4 61.3
Excellent to Good 251 60.5 2.7 55.2 65.7
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 52 77.8 6.0 66.0 89.6
Insured 298 56.2 2.4 51.4 60.9
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 106 74.3 3.9 66.6 82.0
Non-Smoker 243 53.0 2.6 47.8 58.2

Numerator: Respondents with asthma who reported they
did not have a flu shot during the past 12 months.
Denominator: All respondents with asthma, excluding unknowns and refusals.