TABLE 1.

Population Characteristics and HZ Vaccine Coverage for Hypothetical U.S. Commercial and Medicare Health Plans

Age Group (Years)	Population Size by Age Group		Annual All-Cause Mortality Rate (%)	Previous HZ Vaccine Coverage with ZVL (%)
	U.S. Commercial Health Plan	U.S. Medicare Health Plan
All ages	1,000,000	1,000,000
0-17	213,155	34	–	0.0
18-49	450,105	57,558	–	0.0
50-54	78,132	23,688	0.5	0.0
55-59	76,291	43,524	0.7	0.0
60-64	66,712	37,561	1.0	21.7
65-69	38,891	269,623	1.5	34.2
70-74	27,794	194,808	2.3	34.2
75-79	19,664	146,940	3.7	34.2
80+	29,255	226,262	6.1-43.5	34.2

HZ = herpes zoster; ZVL = zoster vaccine live.