Characteristic | n = 217 |
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Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 74.9 ± 5.3 |
Sex (% male) | 43.8 |
Number of months in study (mean ± SD) | 37.1 ± 5.7 |
Number of influenza seasons available (mean ± SD) | 3.8 ± 0.5 |
Total visits (mean ± SD) | 12.1 ± 5.9 |
Primary care physician visits (mean ± SD) | 8.6 ± 5.6 |
% Primary care physician visits (mean ± SD) | 70.6 ± 28.5 |
Acute visits (mean ± SD) | 1.1 ± 1.5 |
Chronic visits (mean ± SD) | 8.9 ± 5.6 |
Preventive visits (mean ± SD) | 2.1 ± 1.8 |
Ever received influenza vaccine (%) | 81.1* |
Always received influenza vaccine (%) | 23.5 |
Ever received pneumococcal vaccine (%) | 75.1 |
Ever received tetanus toxoid (%) | 29.5 |
Fully immunized† (%) | 10.1 |
Received no vaccines (%) | 7.4 |
There were no significant differences by age group or sex.
* Percentage receiving influenza vaccine in 2000 to 2001 season was significantly lower than all three other seasons, by McNemar χ2 test (P < .001).
† Received one influenza vaccine per season available and the pneumococcal vaccine and tetanus toxoid within the appropriate interval.