Table 6_2_1-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 6_2_1.1
Children ages 19–35 months who received all recommended vaccines (4:3:1:3:3),^a United States, 1998 and 2006
Population group		2006		1998
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		80.6	0.5	72.7	0.5
Race^b	AI/AN only	81.4	3.2	65.4	4.8
	API only	79.7	2.5	73.1	2.6
	Asian only	79.6	2.7	DNC	DNC
	NHOPI only	84.7	4.5	DNC	DNC
	Black only	77.0	1.3	66.3	1.3
	White only	81.6	0.6	74.3	0.5
	Multiple races	77.0	2.9	DNC	DNC
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	80.1	1.1	68.7	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	80.8	0.6	73.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	76.8	1.4	66.6	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	82.2	0.6	75.6	0.5
Gender	Male	81.1	0.7	72.9	0.7
Gender	Female	80.1	0.7	72.4	0.7
Family income^c	Negative/poor	76.5	1.1	69.1	1.3
	Near poor/low	79.5	1.1	72.1	1.2
	Middle	80.6	1.0	74.7	1.0
	High	86.3	0.8	80.5	1.1

^a Percentage of children, ages 19 to 35 months, receiving at least 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), at least 3 doses of polio, at least 1 dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), at least 3 doses of Haemophilus influenzae B (Hib), and at least 3 doses of hepatitis B antigens. The vaccines included in this measure are based on the corresponding Healthy People 2010 objective, which does not include varicella vaccine or vaccines added to the recommended schedule after 1998 for children up to 35 months of age. More information can be found in the Measure Specifications Appendix.

^b Race categories have been changed since 2001. Data for 2001 and later years may not be comparable to data from previous years.

^c Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, and National Center for Health Statistics, National Immunization Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_2_1-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_2_1-1.html