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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 2014, Non-Hispanic Black aged 65 and older were 20 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.
Although African American children aged 19 to 35 months had comparable rates of immunization.
African American women are as likely to have received an HPV vaccine as white women.

At a glance – Adults (Hepatitis)

**Percentage of adults ages 19-49 years, high risk groups, who ever received 3 or more doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
29.9%	36.3%	0.8

Source: CDC 2016. Surveillance of Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations — United States, 2014. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/ss/ss6501a1.htm

At a glance – Adults (Influenza):

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and older who received the influenza (flu) shot, 2013-2014 season**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
60.5%	73.4%	0.8

Source: CDC 2016. Surveillance of Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations — United States, 2014. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/ss/ss6501a1.htm

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 18 and over who received the influenza (flu) shot in the past 12 months, 2013**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
43.3%	58.2%	0.7

Source: CDC 2015. Health United States, 2014. Table 74.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus14.pdf [PDF | 14.65MB]

At a glance – Adults (Pneumonia)

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and older who ever received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
49.8%	64.7%	0.8

**Age-adjusted percentage of high risk adults aged 19 to 64 years who ever received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
20.2%	21.1%	1.0

At a glance – Adults (HPV):

**Percentage of women ages 19 to 26, who ever received atleast 1 dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
37.4%	46.3%	0.8

Source: CDC 2016. Surveillance of Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations — United States, 2014. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/ss/ss6501a1.htm

At a glance – Adolescents (Hepatitis):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who received 3 or more doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91.4%	92.2%	1.0

At a glance – Adolescents (Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who received 2 or more doses of measles, mumps, rubella vaccination, 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91.1%	91.0%	1.0

At a glance – Adolescents (Tdap):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who received 1 or more doses of the tetanus-diptheria booster or Tdap, 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.6%	90.3%	1.0

At a glance – Adolescents (HPV):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who ever received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2014 - Females**
# doses	Non-Hispanic Black Female	Non-Hispanic White Female	Non-Hispanic Black Female/ Non-Hispanic White Female Ratio
1 or more	66.4%	56.1%	1.2
3 or more	39.0%	37.5%	1.0
3 dose series completion	61.6%	70.6%	0.9

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who ever received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2014 - Males**
# doses	Non-Hispanic Black Males	Non-Hispanic White Males	Non-Hispanic Black Males Non-Hispanic White Males Ratio
1 or more	42.1%	36.4%	1.2
3 or more	20.4%	18.8%	1.1
3 dose series completion	54.1	57.9%	0.9

Source: CDC 2015. Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — United States, 2014. Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6429a3.htm

At a glance – Children (DTaP):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
79.1%	85.5%	0.9

At a glance – Children (Hib):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – full series Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
75.2%	83.8%	0.9

At a glance – Children (Hepatitis B):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine, 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
92.3%	90.7%	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), 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
90.3%	91.2%	1.0

At a glance – Children (Polio):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses of polio, 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
92.0%	93.3%	1.0

At a glance – Children (Chicken Pox):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose varicella vaccine (chicken pox), 2014**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
90.1%	90.3%	1.0

At a glance – Children (Fully Immunized):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who are fully immunized, 2014 (4:3:1:3)**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
65.4%	72.6%	0.9

Source: CDC 2015. Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19–35 Months — United States, 2014. Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6433a1.htm

Last Modified: 11/29/2017 10:58:00 AM

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