New Release on Shingles Vaccination Among Adults Aged 60 and Over: United States, 2018

Products - Data Briefs - Number 370- July 2020

Shingles Vaccination Among Adults Aged 60 and Over: United States, 2018

Key findings

Data from the National Health Interview Survey

• Shingles vaccination among adults aged 60 and over increased from 6.7% in 2008 to 34.5% in 2018.
• In 2018, women (35.4%) were equally as likely as men (33.5%) to have ever received a shingles vaccine.
• Non-Hispanic white adults (38.6%) were approximately twice as likely as non-Hispanic black (18.8%) and Hispanic (19.5%) adults to have ever received a shingles vaccine.
• Vaccination coverage was highest for those who were not poor and those who had more than a high school education.
• The percentage of adults aged 60 and over who ever had a shingles vaccination ranged from 26.3% in the East South Central region to 42.8% in the West North Central region of the United States. 

Keywords

​herpes zoster, vaccine, prevention, National Health Interview Survey

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