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 322 64.0 2.4 59.2 68.7
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 95 66.3 4.3 57.9 74.6
Female 227 62.5 2.9 56.8 68.2
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 22 85.6 6.4 73.0 98.3
25-34 years 59 81.4 5.2 71.2 91.5
35-44 years 82 79.6 4.4 70.9 88.3
45-54 years 82 64.5 4.5 55.8 73.3
55-64 years 55 46.6 4.8 37.2 56.1
65+ years 20 12.8 2.9 7.3 18.4
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 13 70.0 13.7 43.1 96.8
Non-Hispanic 308 63.6 2.5 58.8 68.5
RACE . . . . .
White Only 283 62.8 2.6 57.8 67.8
Black Only 15 63.7 9.9 44.3 83.0
Other Race Only 14 60.4 13.6 33.8 87.0
More than One Race 7 91.0 7.4 76.4 100.0
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 22 55.9 12.3 31.9 79.9
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 70 60.3 4.9 50.7 69.9
Some College 108 63.7 4.3 55.3 72.1
College Graduate 122 68.7 3.7 61.5 75.9
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 25 46.6 8.1 30.6 62.5
$15,000 - $24,999 46 61.1 6.7 48.0 74.2
$25,000 - $34,999 32 62.4 8.0 46.7 78.2
$35,000 - $49,999 45 65.6 5.6 54.7 76.5
$50,000+ 147 71.7 3.5 64.9 78.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 223 78.0 2.7 72.7 83.3
Out of Work 10 60.5 16.2 28.8 92.3
Homemaker / Student 33 69.5 8.5 52.9 86.1
Retired 27 18.7 3.5 11.9 25.5
Unable to Work 28 46.7 7.1 32.8 60.6
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 51 35.1 4.8 25.7 44.6
1-19 Hours 14 80.4 8.8 63.2 97.5
20-39 Hours 50 76.6 5.2 66.5 86.7
40 + Hours 166 76.6 3.3 70.2 83.0
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 219 65.7 2.8 60.3 71.1
Divorced / Separated 55 54.4 5.2 44.1 64.6
Widowed 4 5.2 2.6 0.2 10.2
Never Married 43 77.7 6.0 65.8 89.5
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 105 50.0 4.3 41.6 58.4
Living without a Disability 214 72.2 3.0 66.2 78.1
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 13 52.0 10.5 31.5 72.6
Rural 35 56.7 8.0 40.9 72.4
Densely-settled Rural 63 67.6 5.8 56.2 79.0
Semi-urban 62 62.7 5.7 51.4 73.9
Urban 149 66.1 3.3 59.6 72.6
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 71 47.7 5.1 37.8 57.7
Excellent to Good 251 70.7 2.8 65.2 76.2
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 45 78.7 6.1 66.8 90.7
Insured 277 62.0 2.6 56.9 67.2
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 67 59.7 5.8 48.4 71.0
Non-Smoker 255 65.0 2.7 59.7 70.2

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