Table 3.
Awareness of selected vaccine-preventable diseases among adults aged ≥19 years participating in an Internet panel survey on vaccination assessment and recommendations by providers at healthcare visits, by demographic, health, health care employment, and health care access characteristics, United States, February–March 2015.
| Characteristic | Disease awareness
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza % (95% CI) |
Pneumonia % (95% CI) |
Hepatitis B % (95% CI) |
Tetanus % (95% CI) |
Pertussis % (95% CI) |
Shingles % (95% CI) |
HPV % (95% CI) |
|
| Total | 94.0 (92.7–95.1) | 83.1 (81.0–84.9) | 75.8 (73.5–78.0) | 71.5 (69.1–73.7) | 72.0 (69.6–74.2) | 75.4 (73.1–77.6) | 63.4 (60.8–65.9) |
| Age | |||||||
| 19–26 years | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 66.8 (59.2–73.6) |
| ≥27 yearsa | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 62.8 (60.1–65.5) |
| 19–49 yearsa | 92.6 (90.5–94.3) | 80.0 (77.0–82.8) | 74.7 (71.3–77.8) | 67.3 (63.8–70.6) | 68.5 (65.0–71.7) | NA | NA |
| 50–64 years | 95.1 (93.2–96.6) | 86.3 (82.9–89.1)b | 77.9 (73.9–81.4) | 75.7 (71.5–79.3)b | 74.3 (70.2–78.1)b | NA | NA |
| ≥65 years | 96.3 (93.5–97.9)b | 87.5 (83.0–91.0)b | 76.1 (70.4–81.0) | 77.9 (72.5–82.5)b | 78.8 (73.5–83.2)b | NA | NA |
| 19–59 yearsa | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 73.3 (70.5–75.9) | NA |
| ≥60 years | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 81.1 (76.9–84.6)b | NA |
| Sex | |||||||
| Malea | 92.8 (90.7–94.4) | 78.5 (75.2–81.5) | 70.2 (66.6–73.6) | 67.1 (63.5–70.6) | 64.6 (61.0–68.1) | 69.5 (65.9–72.9) | 53.9 (50.1–57.7) |
| Female | 95.1 (93.3–96.4) | 87.3 (84.8–89.4)b | 81.0 (78.0–83.6)b | 75.5 (72.2–78.4)b | 78.7 (75.7–81.5)b | 80.9 (77.9–83.5)b | 72.1 (68.8–75.3)b |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Hispanic | 88.4 (83.7–91.9)b | 75.3 (70.2–79.7)b | 66.6 (61.2–71.6)b | 55.9 (50.4–61.2)b | 53.3 (47.9–58.6)b | 62.1 (56.6–67.3)b | 54.9 (49.5–60.2)b |
| Non-Hispanic whitea | 95.9 (94.2–97.1) | 85.5 (82.7–87.9) | 77.5 (74.2–80.4) | 76.5 (73.2–79.5) | 77.1 (73.9–80.0) | 79.2 (76.1–82.1) | 65.9 (62.3–69.3) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 90.2 (86.8–92.9)b | 80.8 (76.5–84.4) | 77.1 (72.6–81.1) | 63.6 (58.7–68.2)b | 68.7 (64.0–73.1)b | 72.6 (67.9–76.8)b | 60.5 (55.7–65.1) |
| Other | 94.1 (91.7–95.8) | 81.2 (77.4–84.5) | 77.7 (73.7–81.2) | 70.8 (66.5–74.6)b | 69.7 (65.4–73.7)b | 73.6 (69.5–77.4)b | 62.9 (58.4–67.1) |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married or unmarried couplea | 95.6 (94.2–96.7) | 84.5 (82.1–86.7) | 76.2 (73.3–78.9) | 73.4 (70.4–76.2) | 74.3 (71.4–77.0) | 76.1 (73.2–78.7) | 63.4 (60.2–66.6) |
| Divorced, widowed, or separated | 93.8 (90.4–96.0) | 83.3 (78.0–87.5) | 77.8 (72.1–82.6) | 76.7 (71.0–81.5) | 74.6 (68.9–79.7) | 79.7 (74.3–84.2) | 62.5 (56.1–68.5) |
| Never married | 89.8 (85.6–92.9)b | 79.1 (73.9–83.4)b | 73.2 (67.7–78.1) | 62.5 (56.8–67.9)b | 63.9 (58.2–69.2)b | 70.6 (65.2–75.6) | 63.9 (58.2–69.1) |
| Education level | |||||||
| ≤High schoola | 90.7 (88.1–92.8) | 79.2 (75.8–82.3) | 71.8 (68.0–75.4) | 66.3 (62.4–70.0) | 66.5 (62.6–70.2) | 72.6 (68.8–76.1) | 54.6 (50.4–58.6) |
| Some college or technical school | 95.5 (92.3–97.4)b | 85.0 (80.3–88.8)b | 75.4 (69.9–80.2) | 72.6 (67.0–77.6) | 73.2 (67.6–78.1)b | 74.7 (69.2–79.5) | 63.9 (58.0–69.4)b |
| College graduate or higher education | 96.6 (95.0–97.7)b | 86.1 (83.0–88.7)b | 80.4 (76.9–83.4)b | 76.4 (72.7–79.7)b | 77.2 (73.6–80.4)b | 78.9 (75.4–82.1)b | 72.7 (69.0–76.2)b |
| Employment | |||||||
| Employeda | 93.6 (91.7–95.1) | 81.3 (78.4–83.9) | 74.4 (71.1–77.3) | 70.5 (67.3–73.6) | 70.3 (67.1–73.4) | 73.8 (70.6–76.8) | 65.6 (62.3–68.9) |
| Unemployed | 89.1 (81.9–93.6) | 77.5 (68.9–84.3) | 72.9 (64.0–80.2) | 63.5 (54.3–71.8) | 63.1 (53.9–71.4) | 67.4 (58.4–75.3) | 60.3 (51.0–68.9) |
| Not in work force | 95.6 (93.7–97.0) | 87.1 (84.0–89.7)b | 78.7 (75.0–82.1) | 74.7 (70.8–78.3) | 76.5 (72.8–79.9)b | 79.8 (76.2–83.0)b | 60.5 (56.2–64.7) |
| Annual household income | |||||||
| <$25,000a | 88.6 (84.4–91.7) | 78.4 (73.4–82.7) | 73.7 (68.3–78.4) | 64.6 (59.0–69.8) | 66.7 (61.2–71.9) | 73.1 (67.8–77.8) | 58.2 (52.4–63.8) |
| $25,000–$74,999 | 93.9 (91.8–95.5)b | 84.3 (81.2–87.0)b | 77.7 (74.1–80.9) | 74.3 (70.7–77.7)b | 74.5 (70.9–77.8)b | 77.6 (74.1–80.8) | 62.5 (58.4–66.4) |
| ≥$75,000 | 96.7 (94.8–97.9)b | 84.2 (80.8–87.1)b | 75.1 (71.2–78.6) | 72.1 (68.2–75.8)b | 72.1 (68.2–75.7) | 74.5 (70.7–78.0) | 66.8 (62.7–70.6)b |
| Region | |||||||
| Northeasta | 92.7 (88.8–95.3) | 85.3 (80.7–88.9) | 81.8 (76.7–85.9) | 76.0 (70.4–80.9) | 74.3 (68.7–79.2) | 78.3 (72.9–82.9) | 66.5 (60.4–72.1) |
| Midwest | 95.1 (92.0–97.0) | 85.4 (80.8–89.1) | 76.1 (70.6–80.8) | 74.5 (69.0–79.2) | 75.5 (70.1–80.1) | 78.3 (73.0–82.8) | 66.6 (60.8–72.0) |
| South | 94.0 (91.9–95.6) | 81.6 (78.0–84.7) | 73.9 (69.9–77.5)b | 69.0 (65.0–72.8)b | 69.9 (65.9–73.6) | 73.5 (69.5–77.0) | 60.8 (56.5–64.9) |
| West | 93.9 (90.6–96.0) | 81.6 (77.2–85.4) | 74.1 (69.2–78.4)b | 69.1 (64.1–73.7) | 70.2 (65.3–74.7) | 73.7 (68.9–78.0) | 62.2 (57.1–67.0) |
| Metropolitan Statistical Area | |||||||
| Yesa | 93.5 (92.0–94.7) | 82.4 (80.2–84.5) | 75.5 (73.0–77.8) | 70.4 (67.8–72.9) | 70.8 (68.3–73.3) | 74.8 (72.3–77.1) | 63.0 (60.2–65.7) |
| No | 96.7 (93.5–98.3)b | 86.9 (81.5–90.9) | 77.6 (71.0–83.1) | 77.3 (70.8–82.6)b | 78.3 (72.0–83.5)b | 79.1 (72.8–84.3) | 65.6 (58.6–71.9) |
| Persons with medical conditionsc | |||||||
| Yes | 96.5 (94.5–97.8)b | 87.7 (84.1–90.6)b | 80.5 (76.1–84.2)b | 78.0 (73.6–81.9)b | 80.5 (76.2–84.2)b | 83.3 (79.3–86.7)b | 58.9 (53.6–63.9)b |
| Noa | 93.6 (91.9–95.0) | 81.6 (79.0–84.0) | 74.2 (71.3–76.9) | 68.9 (65.9–71.8) | 69.0 (66.1–71.9) | 72.5 (69.6–75.3) | 65.5 (62.5–68.5) |
| Health-care personneld | |||||||
| Yes | 91.8 (85.7–95.4) | 77.4 (68.7–84.3) | 73.1 (63.6–80.8) | 68.1 (58.4–76.4) | 72.3 (63.0–80.1) | 72.7 (63.6–80.2) | 74.0 (65.6–81.0)b |
| Noa | 94.3 (92.9–95.4) | 83.7 (81.6–85.6) | 76.2 (73.8–78.4) | 71.9 (69.4–74.2) | 72.2 (69.7–74.5) | 75.9 (73.5–78.1) | 62.8 (60.1–65.4) |
| Health insurance | |||||||
| Private | 95.2 (93.7–96.4)b | 84.5 (82.0–86.7)b | 76.6 (73.7–79.3)b | 73.4 (70.5–76.2)b | 73.7 (70.7–76.4)b | 76.2 (73.4–78.9)b | 67.0 (63.9–70.0) |
| Public only | 92.6 (89.6–94.9) | 83.5 (79.5–86.9)b | 78.1 (73.6–82.0)b | 71.5 (66.7–75.8)b | 72.5 (67.8–76.7)b | 76.4 (71.9–80.5)b | 56.5 (51.3–61.5) |
| Nonea | 89.8 (83.5–93.8) | 72.0 (63.3–79.3) | 64.7 (55.6–72.9) | 56.9 (47.6–65.6) | 57.8 (48.7–66.4) | 66.1 (57.3–73.9) | 57.4 (48.2–66.2) |
| Provider visit for health care in the past 12 months | |||||||
| Yes | 95.4 (94.1–96.4) | 84.7 (82.6–86.6) | 77.1 (74.6–79.4) | 73.6 (71.0–76.0) | 74.0 (71.4–76.4) | 77.1 (74.6–79.4) | 64.5 (61.7–67.2) |
| Noa | 90.7 (79.8–96.0) | 79.1 (66.6–87.8) | 76.0 (63.8–85.1) | 65.0 (52.5–75.8) | 71.9 (60.0–81.4) | 72.8 (60.5–82.4) | 69.9 (58.0–79.5) |
| Unable to receive vaccine due to cost in the past 12 months | |||||||
| Yes | 92.5 (83.7–96.7) | 86.5 (78.0–92.0) | 65.8 (54.1–75.8)b | 67.0 (55.8–76.5) | 65.1 (53.9–74.9) | 68.0 (56.7–77.5) | 57.5 (46.1–68.3) |
| Noa | 95.0 (93.7–96.0) | 83.9 (81.8–85.8) | 77.3 (74.9–79.6) | 72.8 (70.3–75.2) | 73.4 (71.0–75.7) | 76.8 (74.4–79.0) | 64.5 (61.8–67.1) |
| Unable to receive vaccine because insurance did not cover in the past 12 months | |||||||
| Yes | 91.1 (83.0–95.6) | 79.6 (68.4–87.6) | 67.7 (55.8–77.7) | 66.3 (54.6–76.2) | 65.8 (54.1–75.9) | 70.9 (59.3–80.4) | 52.0 (40.0–63.8)b |
| Noa | 95.0 (93.7–96.0) | 84.1 (82.0–86.0) | 77.4 (75.0–79.7) | 73.1 (70.6–75.4) | 73.4 (71.0–75.7) | 76.8 (74.5–79.1) | 64.9 (62.2–67.5) |
| Living with a child <18 years | |||||||
| Yes | 94.9 (92.6–96.6) | 82.4 (78.8–85.6) | 77.4 (73.4–80.9) | 70.0 (65.8–74.0) | 72.4 (68.2–76.1) | 74.8 (70.7–78.5) | 70.9 (66.7–74.8)b |
| Noa | 93.5 (91.8–94.9) | 83.4 (80.9–85.6) | 75.0 (72.1–77.7) | 72.2 (69.2–74.9) | 71.8 (68.8–74.5) | 75.7 (72.9–78.4) | 59.7 (56.5–62.8) |
a
Reference level.
b
p < 0.05 by T test compared to reference level.
c
Currently have one or more chronic medical conditions (a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional ever said that you have at least one of the following): lung or breathing problem (e.g., asthma or other chronic lung problem), any kind of liver condition, any kind of kidney condition, or any kind of heart condition (other than high blood pressure), diabetes or sugar diabetes (other than during pregnancy); and respond that still have that condition/those conditions), or currently have weakened immune system (a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional ever said that you have a weakened immune system, and still have that condition).
d
Volunteered or worked in a hospital, medical clinic, doctor’s office, dentist’s office, nursing home, pharmacy, or some other health-care facility in the past 12 months.