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. 2015 Mar 30;47(1):41–48. doi: 10.3947/ic.2015.47.1.41

Table 2. Overall influenza and pneumococcal vaccine coverage rates in elderly subjects or in those with chronic medical disease hospitalized in a tertiary hospital.

Influenza vaccine Pneumococcal vaccine
≥19 years ≥65 years 19-64 years ≥65 years
Vaccine coverage in study populationa (regardless of comorbidities) 281/491 (57.2%) 179/243 (73.7%) b 53/243 (21.8%)
Vaccine coverage in patients with underlying comorbidities 201/353 (56.9%) 124/165 (75.2%) 23/188 (12.2%) 36/165 (21.8%)

aSubjects aged ≥50 years or aged ≥19 years with underlying medical conditions (e.g., diabetes, malignancy, chronic cardiovascular diseases [except isolated hypertension], chronic hepatic disease, chronic pulmonary disease, organ/bone marrow transplantation, human immunodeficiency virus infection, or prolonged use of high-dose corticosteroids or immunosuppressive therapy).

bData is not applicable because the analysis of pneumococcal vaccine coverage rate among subjects aged 19-64 years includes only patients with comorbidities.