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. 2016 Mar 30;47(1):25–30.

Table 2. Vaccination percentages and correlations coefficients for Influenza, Tetanus y Pneumococci, according to sociodemographic and health characteristics. Persons aged 60 years and older, Bogotá, Colombia.

Characteristics Influenza Pneumococci Tetanus
(%) (%) (%)
Vaccinated individuals, n=2,000 73.0 57.8 47.6
Age (years)
60-64 62.9 48.1 40.6
65-69 76.1 64.5 53.9
70-74 80.5 69.0 52.4
75+ 74.6 54.6 45.9
p-value <0.001 <0.001 0.008
Sex
Women 73.6 58.1 45.9
Men 71.9 57.5 50.4
p-value 0.565 0.840 0.144
Socio-economic strata
Lower class (1-2) 76.6 58.6 49.4
Middle class (3-4) 76.1 63.3 47.9
Upper class (5-6) 36.9 24.3 35.6
p-value <0.001 <0.001 0.211
Health insurance
Contributive 72.9 59.5 49.1
Subsidized 75.3 55.4 46.1
Transitory 78.8 63.1 42.1
Not insured 44.7 23.8 17.9
p-value 0.046 0.004 0.007
Functional Status. Lawton test (IADLs)
Continuous score (0-8) 0.06* 0.09* 0.13*
p-value 0.003 <0.001 <0.001
Comorbidity. Number of diseases (0-7) 0.09 * 0.07 * 0.02 *
p-value <00.001 0.001 0.454

Percentages are weighted.

Differences are tested by the Wald-Chi-square and correlation analyses.

IADLs= instrumental activities of daily living.

Comorbidity includes: hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, arthritis, stroke, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease or cancer.

*Speraman r