Table 8_1_5-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 8_1_5.1
Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination,^a United States, 1999 and 2006
Population group		2006		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		57.3	0.9	49.9	0.8
Race	AI/AN only	*	*	*	*
	Asian only	37.8	4.4	41.5	6.6
	NHOPI only	*	*	*	*
	Black only	36.8	2.1	32.9	2.3
	White only	59.9	1.0	51.9	0.9
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	33.2	2.8	28.6	2.5
	Non-Hispanic, all races	58.8	1.0	51.2	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	36.9	2.1	32.8	2.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.9	1.0	53.2	0.9
Gender	Male	55.3	1.4	50.5	1.2
Gender	Female	59.1	1.2	49.5	1.0
Health insurance	Medicare and private	61.8	1.2	53.9	1.0
	Medicare and public	57.1	2.5	37.3	2.3
	Medicare only	49.0	1.6	44.7	1.5
Family income^b	Negative/poor	45.1	2.5	40.4	2.3
	Near poor/low	55.0	1.8	46.1	1.6
	Middle	60.0	1.5	52.9	1.5
	High	60.9	1.9	53.2	2.0
Education	Less than high school	47.3	1.7	43.4	1.4
	High school graduate	61.0	1.6	49.5	1.4
	At least some college	61.8	1.5	56.9	1.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	56.6	1.0	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	49.4	1.9	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	60.0	2.0	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	59.5	1.8	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	61.2	2.7	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	57.5	2.8	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	62.2	3.0	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	63.1	1.4	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	58.0	2.7	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	54.4	1.2	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

^b 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^c For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_1_5-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_1_5-1.html