Data from specific populations

Coverage among older adults, 2009

Pneumococcal vaccination coverage (23-valent polysaccharide vaccine) among at-risk individuals residing in nursing homes (average age: 86 years): 27% (95% CI: 21–34) (source: Tiv M, Clinard F, Guthmann JP, Gavazzi G, Legris C et al. Pneumococcal and tetanus vaccination coverage among residents of nursing homes in Burgundy and Franche-Comté, 2009. Bull Epidemiol Hebd, 4:129-32).