TABLE 2.
Tdap vaccination coverage by healthcare personnel status, demographic and access-to-care variables among persons 18-64 years in the United States, NHIS 2011
| Healthcare personnel | Non healthcare personnel | |||
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| Characteristic | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | p-Value* | |
| Total | 26.9 (24.3-29.7) | 11.1 (10.5-11.8) | <0.001 | |
| Age | ||||
| 18-49 | 30.0 (26.8-33.5)† | 12.3 (11.4-13.2)† | <0.001 | |
| 50-64‡ | 19.2 (15.4-23.7) | 8.5 (7.7-9.5) | <0.001 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male‡ | 26.4 (21.2-32.4) | 9.9 (9.0-10.8) | <0.001 | |
| Female | 27.1 (24.2-30.2) | 12.4 (11.5-13.4)† | <0.001 | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-hispanic White‡ | 27.4 (24.2-30.8) | 12.5 (11.6-13.4) | <0.001 | |
| Non-hispanic Black | 22.1 (16.8-28.5) | 10.0 (8.5-11.6)† | <0.001 | |
| Hispanic | 29.8 (22.5-38.3) | 6.4 (5.4-7.6)† | <0.001 | |
| Asian | 27.6 (19.0-38.2) | 9.6 (7.6-12.1)† | <0.001 | |
| Other | 31.2 (16.9-50.4) | 18.4 (13.7-24.4)† | 0.155 | |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married‡ | 28.9 (25.4-32.6) | 11.2 (10.3-12.1) | <0.001 | |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 16.9 (12.4-22.6)† | 8.6 (7.3-10.1)† | 0.001 | |
| Never married | 27.9 (23.4-32.9) | 12.1 (10.9-13.3) | <0.001 | |
| Education | ||||
| High school or less‡ | 16.3 (11.8-22.2) | 8.3 (7.4-9.3) | 0.003 | |
| Some college or college graduate | 28.3 (25.1-31.7)† | 12.8 (11.8-13.7)† | <0.001 | |
| Above college graduate | 34.3 (27.9-41.3)† | 15.1 (13.0-17.4)† | <0.001 | |
| Poverty level | ||||
| At or above poverty | 27.7 (24.9-30.7)† | 11.6 (10.9-12.5) | <0.001 | |
| Below poverty‡ | 20.0 (13.6-28.3) | 10.1 (8.7-11.6) | 0.001 | |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast‡ | 21.8 (16.6-28.1) | 9.7 (8.2-11.6) | <0.001 | |
| Midwest | 25.2 (20.7-30.2) | 12.1 (10.6-13.7)† | <0.001 | |
| South | 26.2 (22.2-30.7) | 10.0 (8.9-11.3) | <0.001 | |
| West | 35.4 (28.4-43.1)† | 12.9 (11.6-14.2)† | <0.001 | |
| US Born | ||||
| Yes | 27.5 (24.6-30.6) | 12.3 (11.5-13.1)† | <0.001 | |
| No‡ | 23.6 (18.3-29.9) | 6.4 (5.4-7.6) | <0.001 | |
| Living with an infant aged<1 year | ||||
| Yes | 31.8 (18.6-48.8) | 20.6 (17.0-24.8)† | 0.167 | |
| No‡ | 26.7 (24.0-29.6) | 10.7 (10.1-11.4) | <0.001 | |
| Physician contacts within past year | ||||
| None‡ | 14.9 (10.4-20.7) | 6.3 (5.4-7.5) | 0.002 | |
| 1 | 25.2 (20.0-31.4)† | 9.5 (8.3-11.0)† | <0.001 | |
| 2-3 | 30.0 (25.6-34.8)† | 11.9 (10.7-13.1)† | <0.001 | |
| 4-9 | 28.8 (23.6-34.7)† | 14.4 (12.9-16.1)† | <0.001 | |
| ≥10 | 31.6 (24.6-39.7)† | 16.9 (14.7-19.5)† | <0.001 | |
| Hospitalization within past year | ||||
| Yes | 39.0 (29.3-49.6)† | 17.7 (14.8-20.9)† | <0.001 | |
| No‡ | 26.0 (23.3-29.0) | 10.6 (9.9-11.3) | <0.001 | |
| Usual place for health care | ||||
| Clinic or health center | 33.1 (27.1-39.8)† | 12.6 (11.3-14.2)† | <0.001 | |
| Doctor’s office or HMO§ | 27.0 (24.0-30.2)† | 12.1 (11.2-13.1)† | <0.001 | |
| Some other place | 30.4 (17.4-47.5) | 8.9 (6.6-12.0)† | 0.008 | |
| None‡ | 13.5 (8.9-20.1) | 5.6 (4.5-6.9) | 0.006 | |
| Health insurance | ||||
| Yes | 28.1 (25.3-31.2)† | 12.4 (11.6-13.2)† | <0.001 | |
| No‡ | 18.7 (13.4-25.4) | 6.9 (5.9-8.1) | <0.001 | |
| Influenza vaccination, past year | ||||
| Yes | 34.4 (30.8-38.2)† | 18.5 (17.0-20.2)† | <0.001 | |
| No‡ | 17.7 (14.5-21.4) | 8.3 (7.7-9.0) | <0.001 | |
*
p value by t test for comparisons between healthcare personnel and non-healthcare personnel within each level of each characteristic.
†
p<0.05 by t test for comparisons within each variable with the indicated reference level.
‡
Reference level.
§
Health maintenance organization.