Immunizations and African Americans

Immunizations

African American adults are less likely than non-Hispanic white adults to have received the flu vaccine in the past year or to have ever received the pneumonia vaccine.

In 2015, Non-Hispanic Black aged 65 and older were 10 percent less likely to have received the influenza (flu) shot in the past 12 months, as compared to non-Hispanic whites of the same age group.
African American children aged 19 to 35 months had comparable rates of immunization in 2016.
African American women are 10 percent less likely to have received an HPV vaccine as white women.

Adults (Hepatitis)

**Percentage of adults ages 19-49 years, high risk groups, who ever received 3 or more doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2015**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
29.4%	34.9%	0.8

Source: CDC 2017. Surveillance of Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations — United States, 2015. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/ss/ss6611a1.htm

Adults (Influenza):

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and older who received the influenza (flu) shot, 2014-2015 season**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
64.3%	75.1%	0.9

Source: CDC 2017. Surveillance of Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations — United States, 2015. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/ss/ss6611a1.htm

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 18 and over who received the influenza (flu) shot in the past 12 months, 2015**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
36.0%	46.9%	0.8

Source: CDC 2017. Health United States, 2016. Table 68.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus16.pdf [PDF | 11.14MB]

Adults (Pneumonia)

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and older who ever received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2015**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
50.2%	68.1%	0.7

**Age-adjusted percentage of high risk adults aged 19 to 64 years who ever received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2015**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
22.0%	24.0%	0.9

Adults (HPV):

**Percentage of women ages 19 to 26, who ever received atleast 1 dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2015**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
38.0%	44.7%	0.9

Source: CDC 2018. Surveillance of Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations — United States, 2015. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/ss/ss6611a1.htm

Adolescents (Hepatitis):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who received 3 or more doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2017**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91.6%	92.4%	1.0

Adolescents (Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who received 2 or more doses of measles, mumps, rubella vaccination, 2017**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91.8%	92.6%	1.0

Adolescents (Tdap):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who received 1 or more doses of the tetanus-diptheria booster or Tdap, 2017**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.7%	89.7%	1.0

Source: CDC 2018. Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — United States, 2017. Supplementary Table 1.
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58073

Adolescents (HPV):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who ever received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2017 - Females**
	African Americans	Non-Hispanic White	African Americans/Non-Hispanic White Ratio<
Male	67.3	56.7	1.2
Female	72.8	63.6	1.1
Total	70.0	60.0	1.2

Source: CDC 2018. TeenVaxView. 2017 Report.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/teenvaxview/data-reports/hpv/index.html

Children (DTaP):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), 2016**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
76.8%	84.8%	0.9

Children (Hib):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – full series Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), 2016**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
75.6%	83.0%	0.9

Children (Hepatitis B):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine, 2016**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
90.0%	91.3%	1.0

At a glance – Children (MMR):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), 2016**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.4%	91.6%	1.0

Children (Polio):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses of polio, 2016**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
90.3%	92.5%	1.0

Children (Chicken Pox):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose varicella vaccine (chicken pox), 2016**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.9%	90.8%	1.0

Children (Fully Immunized):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who are fully immunized, 2016 (4:3:1:3)**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
64.1%	72.2%	0.9

Source: CDC 2017. Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19–35 Months — United States, 2016. Table 2.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6643a3.htm

Last Modified: 11/5/2018 9:34:00 PM

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