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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged \u226565 Years Who Had Ever Received a Pneumococcal Vaccination,* by Selected Race/Ethnicity\u2020 \u2014 National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2000\u20132011\u00a7

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* Based on a survey question that asked respondents, \"Have you ever had a pneumonia shot? This shot is usually given only once or twice in a person's lifetime and is different from the flu shot. It is also called the pneumococcal vaccine.\" Unknowns were not included in the denominators when calculating percentages.

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\u2020 Persons of Hispanic ethnicity might be of any race or combination of races.

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\u00a7 Estimates were based on household interviews of a sample of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population included in the National Health Interview Survey.

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The percentage of adults aged \u226565 years who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination increased from 56.8% in 2000 to 66.5% in 2011 among non-Hispanic whites, from 30.5% in 2000 to 47.6% in 2011 among non-Hispanic blacks, and from 30.4% in 2000 to 43.1% in 2011 among Hispanics. Throughout 2000\u20132011, the percentage who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination was higher among non-Hispanic white adults aged \u226565 years than among Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks.

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Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2001\u20132011 sample adult core component. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.

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Reported by: Lindsey I. Jones, MPH, izf4@cdc.gov, 301-458-4548; Jeannine S. Schiller, MPH.

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Alternate Text: The figure above shows the percentage of adults aged \u226565 years who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination, by selected race/ethnicity, in the United States during 2000-2011. The percentage of adults aged \u226565 years who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination increased from 56.8% in 2000 to 66.5% in 2011 among non-Hispanic whites, from 30.5% in 2000 to 47.6% in 2011 among non-Hispanic blacks, and from 30.4% in 2000 to 43.1% in 2011 among Hispanics. Throughout 2000-2011, the percentage who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination was higher among non-Hispanic white adults aged \u226565 years than among Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks.

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