QuickStats : Percentage of Adults Aged ≥60 Years Who Ever Had the Shingles Vaccine, by Sex — National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2016

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• Based on responses to the question “Have you ever had the zoster (ZOSS-ter) or shingles vaccine, also called Zostavax?”

† Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population and are derived from the National Health Interview Survey Sample Adult component.

The percentage of adults aged ≥60 years who ever had the shingles vaccine increased from 6.7% in 2008 to 33.4% in 2016. The percentage of men who had the vaccine increased from 4.9% to 31.2%, and the percentage of women who had the vaccine increased from 8.2% to 35.2%. For each year during 2008–2016, women were more likely than men to have had the shingles vaccine.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2016. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.

Reported by: Mary Ann Bush, MS, mbush@cdc.gov, 301-458-4130; Anita L. Powell.

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