Table 5. Practice of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination according to recommendations, age groups and sex.
Extremely Likely or Somewhat Likely to follow recommendation | Extremely Unlikely, Somewhat unlikely, or neither likely or unlikely to follow recommendation | |
Your colleagues | 346 (83.6) | 68 (16.4) |
The Hong Kong College of your specialty | 393 (93.8) | 26 (6.2) |
The Department of Health | 415 (95.8) | 18 (4.2) |
The oversea authorities or colleges | 363 (86.8) | 55 (13.2) |
Local university academics | 380 (90.7) | 39 (9.3) |
A pharmaceutical representative | 285 (68.0) | 134 (32.0) |
Cervical cancer only | ||
10–17 year old girl | 403 (94.8) | 22 (5.2) |
10–17 year old boy | 141 (34.0) | 274 (66.0) |
18–26 year old girl | 402 (95.7) | 18 (4.3) |
18–26 year old boy | 132 (32.4) | 275 (67.6) |
27–36 year old female | 387 (92.8) | 30 (7.2) |
27–36 year old male | 113 (27.6) | 296 (72.4) |
37–45 year old female | 352 (84.4) | 65 (15.6) |
37–45 year old male | 105 (25.4) | 308 (74.6) |
Genital warts and cervical cancer | ||
10–17 year old girl | 408 (96.9) | 13 (3.1) |
10–17 year old boy | 281 (68.2) | 131 (31.8) |
18–26 year old girl | 405 (96.9) | 13 (3.1) |
18–26 year old boy | 279 (68.4) | 129 (31.6) |
27–36 year old female | 394 (94.9) | 21 (5.1) |
27–36 year old male | 242 (59.5) | 165 (40.5) |
37–45 year old female | 361 (87.0) | 54 (13.0) |
37–45 year old male | 219 (53.2) | 193 (46.8) |