Table 1.
Views of health professionals on likelihood of an association between measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism or Crohn's disease. Figures are numbers (percentage of professional group)
| Association with autism
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Association with Crohn's disease
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very likely or possible | Unlikely | Don't know | Very likely or possible | Unlikely | Don't know | ||
| General practioners (n=158) | 20 (13) | 135 (85) | 3 (2) | 20 (13) | 128 (81) | 10 (6) | |
| Health visitors (n=139) | 10 (7) | 120 (86) | 9 (7) | 15 (11) | 114 (82) | 10 (7) | |
| Practice nurses (n=164)* | 44 (27) | 106 (65) | 14 (9) | 54 (33) | 95 (58) | 14 (9) | |
| Total (n=461) | 74 (16) | 361 (78) | 26 (6) | 89 (19) | 337 (73) | 34 (7) | |
*
One practice nurse did not answer the question on association with Crohn's disease.