T6_3_8_1

2011 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 6_3_8.1
Adolescents ages 13-17 who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine,^a United States, 2009
		2009
Population group		Percent	SE
Total		53.6	0.6
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White	53.1	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	53.0	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, Asian	58.8	4.7
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN	46.9	4.9
	Hispanic, all races	55.9	2.0
Family income	Below poverty	52.5	1.8
Family income	At or above poverty	53.8	0.7

^a. One or more meningococcal conjugate vaccine or unknown type of meningococcal vaccine.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; 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 - Teen.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T6_3_8_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_3_8_1.html