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. 2010 Apr;100(Suppl 1):S256–S262. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.173468

TABLE 2.

Influenza and Pneumococcus Vaccination Status, by Resident and Facility Characteristics: National Nursing Home Survey, 2004

Influenza Vaccination Status
Pneumococcus Vaccination Status
Residents Vaccinated, % or No. Residents Unvaccinated, % or No. Residents Undocumented, % or No. P Residents Vaccinated, % or No. Residents Unvaccinated, % or No. Residents Undocumented, % or No. P
All 76.2 15.0 8.8 48.5 32.8 18.7
Race/ethnicity ≤.001 ≤.001
    Black 64.7 22.5 12.8 35.2 40.5 24.3
    White 78.0 13.9 8.1 50.5 31.6 17.8
Age, y ≤.001 ≤.001
    < 65 70.0 19.7 10.4 40.4 38.5 21.1
    65–84 75.3 15.8 8.9 46.7 34.4 18.9
    ≥ 85 78.4 13.3 8.3 52.1 30.0 17.9
Gender ≤.001 .001
    Male 73.0 17.0 10.0 45.0 35.4 19.6
    Female 77.4 14.3 8.3 49.9 31.8 18.3
Veteran .066 .538
    Yes 80.7 13.1 6.3 50.4 33.4 16.3
    No 75.9 15.2 8.9 48.4 32.8 18.9
Length of stay ≤.001 ≤.001
    < 6 mo 52.6 30.6 16.8 31.2 44.0 24.9
    ≥ 6 mo 83.4 10.3 6.3 56.0 28.0 16.0
Payment source for past mo ≤.001 ≤.001
    Medicare 59.0 27.7 13.3 35.8 45.7 18.6
    Medicaid 81.0 12.4 6.7 52.7 31.3 15.9
    Private 74.1 19.0 6.8 45.3 37.0 17.7
    Other 69.7 17.3 13.1 43.9 31.8 24.3
No. of difficult ADLs ≥ 16 .335 .002
    Yes 76.7 14.4 8.8 49.5 31.2 19.3
    No 75.4 15.9 8.7 47.1 35.2 17.7
Indication of depressed mood .035 .694
    Yes 77.9 14.3 7.7 49.2 32.5 18.4
    No 74.9 15.6 9.6 48.0 33.1 18.9
Any behavioral symptoms .001 .048
    Yes 79.6 12.6 7.8 51.0 30.9 18.1
    No 74.8 16.0 9.2 47.6 33.5 18.9
Dementia ≤.001 ≤.001
    Yes 81.1 12.3 6.5 54.3 28.4 17.3
    No 75.0 15.7 9.3 47.2 33.8 19.0
Heart disease .171 .004
    Yes 78.0 14.1 7.9 50.0 34.0 16.0
    No 75.8 15.3 9.0 48.1 32.5 19.4
Chronic pulmonary disease .464 .93
    Yes 74.7 16.4 8.9 48.9 32.8 18.3
    No 76.4 14.8 8.8 48.5 32.8 18.7
Asthma .714 .568
    Yes 73.6 16.8 9.6 51.4 29.6 19.0
    No 76.3 15.0 8.7 48.4 32.9 18.7
Diabetes .007 .684
    Yes 73.2 17.6 9.2 47.8 33.6 18.5
    No 77.1 14.2 8.6 48.7 32.6 18.7
Chronic renal disease .804 .381
    Yes 76.8 13.5 9.7 48.3 29.6 22.2
    No 76.2 15.1 8.7 48.5 32.9 18.6
Profit status ≤.001 ≤.001
    For profit 72.9 16.9 10.2 41.3 38.0 20.8
    Nonprofit 81.4 12.1 6.6 60.0 24.7 15.3
No. of beds .081 .03
    < 50 86.6 9.3 4.2 51.8 28.8 19.5
    50–99 78.9 13.7 7.5 49.8 33.4 16.8
    100–199 74.4 15.5 10.0 45.7 32.8 21.6
    ≥ 200 74.5 17.4 8.1 55.2 32.9 11.9
Location ≤.001 .33
    Metropolitan 74.0 16.7 9.3 47.4 33.3 19.3
    Micropolitan 80.4 11.8 7.8 51.5 30.9 17.6
    Rural 85.6 7.7 6.7 52.3 31.7 15.9
Sample size 8321 1413 828 5907 3965 2262
Population size 887 295 174 991 101 991 642 347 434 544 247 403

Note. ADLs = activities of daily living. ADLs include bed mobility, transfer, dressing, eating, toileting, personal hygiene, and bathing.