Office of Minority Health

Hispanic American high risk adults are 20 percent less likely than non-Hispanic white adults to have ever received the pneumococcal vaccine.

• In 2020, Hispanic adults were 30 percent less likely to have received the influenza (flu) shot, as compared to non-Hispanic whites.
• In 2017, Hispanic adults aged 65 and older were 30 percent less likely to have ever received the pneumonia shot, compared to non-Hispanic white adults of the same age group.
• Hispanic children aged 19 to 35 months have comparable rates of immunization for hepatitis, influenza, MMR and polio.
• Hispanic women are 20 percent less likely to receive an HPV vaccine, as compared to white women.
• In 2017, Hispanic adults were 30 percent less likely to be fully immunized against hepatitis, as compared to white adults.

Adults (Hepatitis)

Source: CDC 2018. Vaccination Coverage among Adults in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2017. Box 2, Table 2.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/adultvaxview/pubs-resources/NHIS-2017.html

Adults (Influenza)

Source: CDC 2020. Flu Vaccination Coverage, United States, 2019–20 Influenza Season.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/coverage-1920estimates.htm#additional

Source: CDC 2020. Flu Vaccination Coverage, United States, 2019–20 Influenza Season.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/coverage-1920estimates.htm#additional

Adults (Pneumonia)

 Source: CDC 2018. Vaccination Coverage among Adults in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2017. Table 2.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/adultvaxview/pubs-resources/NHIS-2017.html

 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 (HPV)

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

Adolescents (Hepatitis)

Adolescents (MMR)

Adolescents (Tdap)

Adolescents (HPV)

Source: CDC 2020. Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — United States, 2019. Supplementary Table 1.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/teenvaxview/pubs-presentations/NIS-teen-vac-coverage-estimates-2019-tables.html

Children (DTaP)

Children (Hib)

Children (Hepatitis B)

Children (MMR)

Children (Polio)

Children (Chicken Pox)

Children (Fully Immunized)

Source: CDC 2018. Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19–35 Months — United States, 2017. Supplementary Table 1.
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59414