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Table 1 Estimated Percentages of White, Black, and Latino Health Plan Members Aged 66–85 Who Ever Had a Pneumococcal Vaccination, 2002a

From: Race/ethnicity and validity of self-reported pneumococcal vaccination

Group

% Pneumococcal Vaccination, Excluding Don't Know and Missing Data from Denominator

% Pneumococcal Vaccination, Including Don't Know and Missing Data in Denominator

% with Unknown Pneumococcal Vaccination Status

 

% (95% CI) (Sample N)

% (95% CI) (Sample N)

% (95% CI)

ALL

   

White

83.7%

(82.5% – 85.0%)

(N = 4573)

77.6%

(76.2% – 78.9%)

(N = 4945)

7.4%

(6.5% – 8.2%)

Black

78.2%

(72.6% – 83.8%)

(N= 273)

67.8%

(61.8% – 73.7%)

(N = 316)

13.3%

(9.0% – 17.7%)

Latino

78.5%

(73.5% – 83.5%)

(N = 351)

69.5%

(64.3% – 74.7%)

(N = 400)

11.5%

(8.0% – 15.0%)

FEMALES

   

White

85.0%

(83.3% – 86.7%)

(N = 2337)

81.0%

(79.2% – 82.8%)

(N = 2451)

4.7%

(3.7% – 5.7%)

Black

76.5%

(68.8% – 84.1%)

(N = 149)

66.7%

(58.8%–74.7%)

(N = 171)

12.7%

(7.1% – 18.3%)

Latina

79.9%

(73.2% – 86.6%)

(N = 185)

73.7%

(66.8% – 80.6%)

(N = 202)

7.8%

(3.9% – 11.7%)

MALES

   

White

82.1%

(80.2% – 84.0%)

(N = 2236)

73.5%

(71.4% – 75.5%)

(N = 2494)

10.5%

(9.1% – 11.9%)

Black

80.6%

(72.5% – 88.7%)

(N = 124)

69.2%

(60.2% – 78.2%)

(N = 145)

14.2%

(7.2% – 21.1%)

Latino

76.4%

(69.0% – 83.8%)

(N = 166)

63.8%

(56.0% – 71.5%)

(N = 198)

16.6%

(10.4% – 22.8%)

  1. a Based on self-report data from the 2002 Kaiser Permanente Adult Member Health Survey weighted to reflect the age, gender, and geographic composition of the membership at the time of the survey.