{"id":6982,"date":"2020-07-09T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nchstats.com\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:30:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T14:30:55","slug":"shingles-vaccination-among-adults-aged-60-and-over-united-states-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2020\/07\/09\/6982\/","title":{"rendered":"Shingles Vaccination Among Adults Aged 60 and Over: United States, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Questions for Emily Terlizzi, Health Statistician and Lead Author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db370.htm\">Shingles Vaccination Among Adults Aged 60 and Over: United States, 2018<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: Can you summarize how the data varied by sex, age group, race and Hispanic origin, and education?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ET<\/em><\/strong>: In 2018, the percentage of adults aged 60 and over who had ever received a shingles vaccine was higher among older adults, non-Hispanic whites, and those who were not poor or had more than a high school diploma or GED. Shingles receipt did not significantly differ by sex.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: Are there any trend data that goes back further than 2008?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ET<\/em><\/strong>: NHIS trend data on shingles vaccination is not available before 2008, as this was the first year the NHIS asked about this vaccination.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: What is the take home message for this report?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ET<\/em><\/strong>: Shingles vaccination has increased since 2008, however, disparities in receipt of this vaccination still remain.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: What resources does the CDC have on shingles vaccination?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ET<\/em><\/strong>: The CDC has a lot of useful information online about shingles vaccination. For more information, please visit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/vpd\/shingles\/public\/shingrix\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/vpd\/shingles\/public\/shingrix\/index.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/shingles\/vaccination.html\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/shingles\/vaccination.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db370-h.pdf\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db370-h.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions for Emily Terlizzi, Health Statistician and Lead Author of \u201cShingles Vaccination Among Adults Aged 60 and Over: United States, 2018.\u201d Q: Can you summarize how the data varied by sex, age group, race and Hispanic origin, and education? ET: In 2018, the percentage of adults aged 60 and over who had ever received a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14337,53746,63751,63803],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}