There is a less than 1 percent chance of contracting shingles for a healthy individual.
Shingles . The shingles vaccine decreases the chance of shingles by about half in those between the ages of 50 and 80 . The number of new cases per year ranges from 1.2 -- 3.4 per 1,000 among healthy individuals to 3.9 -- 11.8 per 1,000 among those older than 65 years of age .