Percentage of Adults Ages 65 Years and Older Who Have
Never Been Immunized Against Pneumococcal Disease

Response Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 821 32.7 1.0 30.7 34.7
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 323 37.4 1.7 33.9 40.8
Female 498 29.3 1.2 27.0 31.7
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 27 54.4 7.3 40.0 68.8
Non-Hispanic 792 32.2 1.0 30.2 34.2
RACE . . . . .
White Only 747 31.9 1.0 29.8 33.9
Black Only 32 47.3 6.7 34.2 60.5
Other Race Only 31 47.6 6.6 34.8 60.5
More than One Race 9 28.2 8.8 10.9 45.5
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 98 37.3 3.2 30.9 43.6
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 321 33.3 1.7 30.1 36.6
Some College 216 30.6 1.9 26.9 34.3
College Graduate 186 32.3 2.1 28.2 36.4
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 86 31.1 3.0 25.2 37.0
$15,000 - $24,999 164 30.0 2.1 25.7 34.2
$25,000 - $34,999 127 29.7 2.4 25.0 34.5
$35,000 - $49,999 116 34.0 2.7 28.6 39.3
$50,000+ 159 34.6 2.3 30.1 39.2
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 510 29.2 1.2 26.9 31.5
1-19 Hours 75 34.3 3.5 27.5 41.1
20-39 Hours 84 38.3 3.6 31.3 45.3
40 + Hours 111 52.7 3.7 45.4 60.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 196 46.1 2.6 41.0 51.2
Out of Work 4 64.6 21.2 23.1 100.0
Homemaker / Student 46 32.0 4.1 24.0 40.1
Retired 553 29.7 1.1 27.4 31.9
Unable to Work 21 24.2 5.2 14.1 34.3
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 417 33.5 1.4 30.7 36.2
Divorced / Separated 114 41.3 3.1 35.2 47.4
Widowed 266 28.5 1.6 25.4 31.7
Never Married 22 32.1 5.8 20.8 43.5
DISABILITY STATUS . . . . .
Living with a Disability 245 25.5 1.5 22.5 28.4
Living without a Disability 572 37.0 1.3 34.4 39.6
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 58 40.6 4.5 31.8 49.5
Rural 147 36.4 2.6 31.3 41.5
Densely-settled Rural 149 34.9 2.4 30.1 39.7
Semi-urban 149 30.4 2.3 26.0 34.9
Urban 315 30.4 1.6 27.3 33.4
HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS . . . . .
Uninsured 18 50.9 8.9 33.3 68.4
Insured 798 32.4 1.0 30.4 34.4
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 159 24.4 1.8 20.8 27.9
Excellent to Good 661 35.5 1.2 33.2 37.9
SMOKING STATUS . . . . .
Current Smoker 89 39.9 3.6 32.8 47.0
Non-Smoker 730 32.0 1.1 30.0 34.1

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.