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 361 63.6 2.2 59.2 68.0
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 96 68.6 4.1 60.5 76.7
Female 265 60.8 2.6 55.8 65.9
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-33 years 23 82.7 7.8 67.3 98.0
25-34 years 79 85.5 3.4 78.8 92.2
35-44 years 78 77.5 4.4 68.9 86.1
45-54 years 87 59.0 4.4 50.3 67.7
55-64 years 57 44.3 4.7 35.0 53.5
65+ years 31 19.8 3.5 13.0 26.6
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 16 79.1 8.3 62.8 95.4
Non-Hispanic 344 62.9 2.3 58.4 67.4
RACE . . . . .
White Only 312 63.5 2.3 58.9 68.0
Black Only 14 63.2 14.7 34.4 92.0
Other Race Only 24 63.1 11.1 41.3 84.8
More than One Race 9 66.3 11.0 44.6 87.9
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 31 48.5 7.1 34.6 62.4
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 86 67.3 4.6 58.3 76.2
Some College 130 66.0 3.6 58.9 73.1
College Graduate 113 61.2 3.9 53.5 68.9
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 42 58.4 6.4 45.8 70.9
$15,000 - $24,999 55 60.2 5.4 49.6 70.7
$25,000 - $34,999 46 63.5 5.6 52.4 74.6
$35,000 - $49,999 52 59.8 6.2 47.7 71.9
$50,000+ 135 66.6 3.8 59.3 74.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 247 73.5 2.6 68.5 78.6
Out of Work 15 81.6 8.7 64.5 98.7
Homemaker / Student 30 68.8 9.3 50.7 87.0
Retired 30 20.8 3.7 13.6 28.1
Unable to Work 39 54.7 7.1 40.9 68.5
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 45 36.0 5.3 25.6 46.3
1-19 Hours 16 68.5 10.2 48.5 88.6
20-39 Hours 46 75.5 5.7 64.4 86.7
40 + Hours 195 72.4 3.0 66.5 78.3
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 218 63.7 2.6 58.5 68.9
Divorced / Separated 73 61.6 4.8 52.2 71.0
Widowed 20 26.0 5.4 15.3 36.7
Never Married 49 76.2 6.3 64.0 88.5
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 127 52.6 3.6 45.5 59.6
Living without a Disability 234 70.6 2.8 65.1 76.1
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 11 46.6 10.7 25.5 67.6
Rural 38 63.4 6.7 50.3 76.5
Densely-settled Rural 61 72.5 4.9 63.0 82.1
Semi-urban 68 61.1 5.4 50.6 71.7
Urban 182 62.8 3.2 56.6 69.1
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 83 50.0 4.5 41.3 58.8
Excellent to Good 276 68.7 2.6 63.6 73.8
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 48 82.5 4.8 73.2 91.9
Insured 312 61.5 2.4 56.8 66.3
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 91 69.5 4.5 60.6 78.3
Non-Smoker 270 61.9 2.6 56.9 67.0

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