TABLE 3—
National Estimates (With 95% Confidence Intervals) for Hypertension, Diabetes, Receipt of Influenza Immunization, and Receipt of Pneumococcal Disease Immunization: 1997 NHIS and BRFSS
| Hypertension, % | Diabetes, % | Influenza Immunization, %a | Pneumococcal Disease Immunization, %a | |||||
| NHIS | BRFSS | NHIS | BRFSS | NHIS | BRFSS | NHIS | BRFSS | |
| Overall | 22.9 (22.3, 23.4) | 23.3 (22.9, 23.6) | 6.5 (6.2, 6.8) | 6.0 (5.8, 6.2) | 63.2 (61.9, 64.6)b | 65.5 (64.6, 66.4) | 42.4 (40.9, 43.9)b | 45.4 (44.4, 46.3) |
| Age, y | ||||||||
| 18–34 | 7.1 (5.5, 8.7)b | 8.7 (8.3, 9.1) | 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) | 2.2 (2.0, 2.4) | . . .c | . . .c | . . .c | . . .c |
| 35–54 | 19.4 (18.7, 20.1) | 20.6 (20.1, 21.1) | 5.0 (4.6, 5.4) | 4.9 (4.6, 5.2) | . . .c | . . .c | . . .c | . . .c |
| ≥ 55 | 46.9 (45.7, 58.1)b | 43.0 (42.3, 43.7) | 14.4 (13.6, 15.2)b | 11.8 (11.3, 12.3) | . . .c | . . .c | . . .c | . . .c |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 21.6 (20.8, 22.4) | 22.1 (21.6, 22.6) | 6.2 (5.8, 6.6)b | 5.0 (4.7, 5.3) | 64.8 (62.5, 67.1) | 67.0 (65.6, 68.4) | 43.0 (40.7, 45.3) | 45.1 (44.0, 46.6) |
| Female | 24.0 (23.3, 24.7) | 24.3 (23.8, 24.8) | 6.8 (6.3, 7.3) | 7.0 (6.7, 7.3) | 62.1 (61.3, 62.9) | 64.4 (62.8, 66.0) | 41.9 (41.3, 42.5)b | 45.6 (43.7, 47.5) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 23.3 (22.6, 23.9) | 23.4 (23.1, 23.8) | 6.1 (5.7, 6.4)b | 5.4 (5.2, 5.6) | 65.8 (64.4, 67.3) | 67.2 (66.3, 68.1) | 45.7 (44.0, 47.3) | 47.3 (46.3, 48.3) |
| Black | 29.8 (28.2, 31.3) | 30.8 (29.5, 32.0) | 9.5 (8.4, 10.6) | 8.7 (7.9, 9.4) | 44.8 (40.4, 49.2) | 50.2 (46.4, 53.9) | 22.2 (18.5, 25.9)b | 29.7 (26.1, 33.2) |
| Hispanic | 15.2 (14.0, 16.5) | 16.8 (15.5, 18.1) | 6.9 (5.9, 7.8) | 8.1 (7.1, 9.1) | 52.7 (46.7, 58.6) | 57.9 (52.0, 63.8) | 23.5 (19.0, 27.9)b | 34.1 (28.6, 39.6) |
| Education level | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 33.1 (31.6, 34.6) | 33.1 (32.0, 34.2) | 12.2 (11.2, 12.2) | 11.4 (10.6, 12.2) | 57.9 (55.7, 60.1) | 60.1 (58.3, 61.9) | 36.3 (33.9, 38.7) | 40.1 (39.3, 41.9) |
| High school or some college | 22.0 (21.3, 22.7) | 23.1 (22.6, 23.6) | 5.9 (5.5, 6.3) | 5.8 (5.5, 6.1) | 64.8 (62.9, 66.7) | 65.9 (64.7, 67.1) | 45.1 (43.2, 47.0) | 46.4 (45.2, 47.6) |
| College | 17.3 (16.3, 18.3) | 18.4 (17.8, 19.0) | 3.7 (3.2, 4.2) | 3.7 (3.4, 4.0) | 70.8 (67.5, 74.1) | 72.1 (70.0, 74.2) | 47.4 (43.6, 51.2) | 49.8 (47.5, 52.1) |
aPersons 65 years or older.
bSignificant difference from BRFSS, based on 99% confidence interval from the 2-sample t test not containing the null value.
cNot applicable because analyses were restricted to persons 65 years or older.