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. 2012 Nov 12;7(11):e48806. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048806

Table 2. Demographics and vaccination rate by occupation in the Washington State employed population, BRFSS data, September 2009 to August 2010.

%
Age Gender Race
1990 Census Occupation n 18–49 50–89 Male Female White, Non-Hispanic Hispanic All Other Races Vaccinateda
All Currently Employed 8,752 69.2 30.8 54.8 45.2 81.1 8.1 10.8 20.8
Managers and Administrators, n.e.c. 651 65.4 34.6 68 32 88.3 2.7 9 16
Elementary School Teachers 471 61.9 38.1 35.3 64.7 90 5.7 4.3 19.6
Registered Nurses 268 64 36 7.5 92.5 86 2.6 11.4 58.9
Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants 245 66.6 33.4 24.3 75.7 62.6 12 25.4 27.4
Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations 185 73.2 26.8 60 40 83.8 3.5 12.7 19.7
Administrative Support Occupations 180 73.4 26.6 28.5 71.5 86.8 2.4 10.8 25.7
Technicians, n.e.c. 136 72 28 75.2 24.8 87.8 3.2 9 20.9
Sales Workers, Other Commodities 133 70.2 29.8 57.7 42.3 86.4 5.4 8.2 20.2
Farmers, except Horticultural 124 71.6 28.4 73.4 26.6 37 59.6 3.4 7.1
Janitors and Cleaners 123 57.8 42.2 63 37 62.6 25.8 11.6 19.1
Management Related Occupations, n.e.c 118 69.8 30.2 34.4 65.6 81.1 2 16.9 20.7
Truck Drivers 110 73.2 26.8 94.2 5.8 88.7 8.5 2.8 16.4
Managers, Medicine and Health 105 47.1 52.9 37.9 62.1 88.1 3.9 8 35
Engineers, n.e.c 97 64.3 35.7 89.2 10.8 81.7 2.8 15.5 14.9
Administrators, Education and Related Fields 96 61.5 38.5 52.4 47.6 84.5 1.6 13.9 16.2
Secretaries 95 54.7 45.3 2.6 97.4 88.4 5.7 5.9 37
Bookkeepers, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 95 55.7 44.3 6.1 93.9 86.8 2.4 10.8 21.1
Accountants and Auditors 94 68.6 31.4 37.5 62.5 91.6 0 8.4 25.1
Financial Managers 93 58.1 41.9 51.3 48.7 92.4 1.4 6.2 15.9
Teachers, n.e.c 92 67.4 32.6 36.1 63.9 96.5 1.3 2.2 5.4
Investigators and Adjusters, except Insurance 91 73.6 26.4 28.7 71.3 76.7 7.3 16 37.1
Postsecondary School Teachers 89 58.8 41.2 62.3 37.7 78.4 1.8 19.8 20.6
Management Analysts 88 56.2 43.8 67.3 32.7 74.3 5.9 19.8 12.2
Cashiers 88 86.6 13.4 22.7 77.3 72.3 10.7 17 19.5
Computer Systems Analysts and Scientists 83 82.9 17.1 82.2 17.8 54.3 7.7 38 23.9
Secondary School Teachers 83 66.4 33.6 44.7 55.3 83 5.9 11.1 27.7
Construction Laborers 80 69.2 30.8 91.1 8.9 74.5 21.3 4.2 19.4
General Office Clerks 80 66.7 33.3 21.1 78.9 84.8 2.7 12.5 34.9
Computer Programmers 72 90.4 9.6 89.8 10.2 85.8 1.2 13 11.5
Reference group: All other occupations(with ≤70 respondents) 4,487 70.7 29.3 58.8 41.2 80.2 9.7 10.1 19.6

Note. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified; all data were weighted to account for BRFSS sampling design.

a

The n for the vaccination status question was 6,139.