Immunizations and Hispanic Americans

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)

Percentage of adults aged 19-49 years, high risk groups, who ever received 3 doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
27.3	36.6	0.7

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)

Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and older who received the influenza (flu) shot, 2019-2020 season
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
59.3	71.9	0.8

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

Age-adjusted percentage of adults age 18 and over who received the influenza (flu) shot, 2019-2020 season
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
38.3	52.8	0.7

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

Adults (Pneumonia)

Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and older who ever received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
51.0	73.2	0.7

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

Age-adjusted percentage of high risk adults aged 19 to 64 years who ever received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2015
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
19.4	21.1	0.8

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)

Percentage of women aged 19 to 26, who ever received at least 1 dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2015
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
35.7	44.7	0.8

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)

Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who received 3 doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2019
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
87.3	93.8	0.9

Adolescents (MMR)

Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who received 2 doses of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccination, 2019
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.0	93.1	1.0

Adolescents (Tdap)

Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years who ever received the tetanus diphtheria booster or Tdap, 2019
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
88.5	91.1	1.0

Adolescents (HPV)

Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years, who received at least 3 doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2019
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
87.3	93.8	0.9

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)

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
79.7	83.0	1.0

Children (Hib)

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – full series Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
81.0	81.0	1.0

Children (Hepatitis B)

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine, 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91.3	91.1	1.0

Children (MMR)

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
92.2	91.2	1.0

Children (Polio)

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses of polio, 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
93.2	92.3	1.0

Children (Chicken Pox)

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose varicella vaccine (chicken pox), 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91.8	90.3	1.0

Children (Fully Immunized)

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who are fully immunized, 2017 (4:3:1:3)
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
70.4	71.5	1.0

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

Last Edited: 12/14/2020