Table 7. National estimates for coverage with ≥ 1 dose quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY) among adolescents 13-17 years 

by selected characteristics, National Immunization Survey-Teen, 2016-2017

2016 2017

Single Dual Difference* Single Dual Difference*

% (95% CI) % (95% CI) Percentage Points 

(95% CI)

% (95% CI) % (95% CI) Percentage Points 

(95% CI)

Age at interview

13 82.2 

(79.6 , 84.8)

81.7 

(79.4 , 84.0)

0.5 

(-0.4, 1.4)

84.0 

(81.3 , 86.7)

83.6 

(81.3 , 85.9)

0.4 

(-0.7, 1.5)

14 82.4 

(79.9 , 84.9)

83.3 

(81.2 , 85.4)

-0.9 

(-1.5, -0.3) †

85.1 

(82.9 , 87.3)

85.8 

(83.9 , 87.7)

-0.7 

(-1.2, -0.2) †

15 79.9 

(76.7 , 83.1)

80.4 

(77.9 , 82.9)

-0.5 

(-1.3, 0.3)

85.3 

(83.0 , 87.6)

85.1 

(83.2 , 87.0)

0.2 

(-0.6, 1.0)

16 82.7 

(80.4 , 85.0)

82.3 

(80.2 , 84.4)

0.4 

(-0.4, 1.2)

87.2 

(85.1 , 89.3)

86.6 

(84.6 , 88.6)

0.6 

(-0.2, 1.4)

17 82.9 

(80.5 , 85.3)

83.5 

(81.4 , 85.6)

-0.6 

(-1.3, 0.1)

84.5 

(81.4 , 87.6)

84.4 

(81.9 , 86.9)

0.1 

(-0.9, 1.1)

Race/ Ethnicity

White, Non-Hispanic 81.1 

(79.8 , 82.4)

81.2 

(80.0 , 82.4)

-0.1 

(-0.5, 0.3)

85.1 

(84.0 , 86.2)

84.6 

(83.5 , 85.7)

0.5 

(0.0, 1.0)

Black, Non-Hispanic 85.4 

(82.9 , 87.9)

85.5 

(83.3 , 87.7)

-0.1 

(-1.0, 0.8)

85.4 

(82.2 , 88.6)

85.7 

(82.8 , 88.6)

-0.3 

(-1.2, 0.6)

Hispanic 83.3 

(80.0 , 86.6)

83.8 

(81.1 , 86.5)

-0.5 

(-1.2, 0.2)

85.4 

(82.3 , 88.5)

86.0 

(83.5 , 88.5)

-0.6 

(-1.6, 0.4)

Other, Non-Hispanic 79.4 

(75.1 , 83.7)

79.4 

(75.8 , 83.0)

0.0 

(-1.5, 1.5)

85.3 

(81.7 , 88.9)

85.4 

(82.9 , 87.9)

-0.1 

(-1.1, 0.9)

Poverty status

Below poverty 82.2 

(79.4 , 85.0)

82.9 

(80.6 , 85.2)

-0.7 

(-1.5, 0.1)

85.0 

(82.3 , 87.7)

85.7 

(83.4 , 88.0)

-0.7 

(-1.2, -0.2) †

At or above poverty 82.0 

(80.7 , 83.3)

82.0 

(80.9 , 83.1)

0.0 

(-0.4, 0.4)

85.0 

(83.7 , 86.3)

84.8 

(83.7 , 85.9)

0.2 

(-0.2, 0.6)

MSA status

MSA, Principal City 83.0 

(81.0 , 85.0)

83.5 

(81.8 , 85.2)

-0.5 

(-1.0, 0.0)

86.3 

(84.7 , 87.9)

86.0 

(84.5 , 87.5)

0.3 

(-0.2, 0.8)

MSA, Outside of a Principal City 83.0 

(81.3 , 84.7)

83.3 

(81.8 , 84.8)

-0.3 

(-0.8, 0.2)

85.9 

(84.1 , 87.7)

86.1 

(84.7 , 87.5)

-0.2 

(-0.8, 0.4)

Not in a MSA 74.7 

(72.2 , 77.2)

74.1 

(71.9 , 76.3)

0.6 

(-0.5, 1.7)

78.5 

(75.8 , 81.2)

78.6 

(76.4 , 80.8)

-0.1 

(-1.2, 1.0)
2016 2017

Single Dual Difference* Single Dual Difference*

% (95% CI) % (95% CI) Percentage Points 

(95% CI)

% (95% CI) % (95% CI) Percentage Points 

(95% CI)

Insurance status

No Medicaid, private only 82.6 

(81.2 , 84.0)

82.6 

(81.3 , 83.9)

0.0 

(-0.5, 0.5)

85.7 

(84.2 , 87.2)

85.6 

(84.4 , 86.8)

0.1 

(-0.4, 0.6)

Any Medicaid 82.3 

(80.1 , 84.5)

82.8 

(81.0 , 84.6)

-0.5 

(-1.1, 0.1)

85.3 

(83.4 , 87.2)

85.1 

(83.3 , 86.9)

0.2 

(-0.5, 0.9)

Other 80.2 

(76.2 , 84.2)

80.7 

(77.2 , 84.2)

-0.5 

(-1.8, 0.8)

83.7 

(79.3 , 88.1)

85.0 

(82.0 , 88.0)

-1.3 

(-2.2, -0.4) †

Uninsured 74.4 

(67.8 , 81.0)

74.9 

(68.7 , 81.1)

-0.5 

(-2.8, 1.8)

83.0 

(79.2 , 86.8)

80.7 

(76.8 , 84.6)

2.3 

(0.5, 4.1) †

Note: “Dual”=landline & cell-phone, “Single”=cell-phone, CI=confidence interval, MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area.

*Difference=Single%-dual%

†Denotes statistically significant difference between single- and dual-frame estimates