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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2015 Mar 30;33(20):2322–2327. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.03.050

Table 3.

Percentage of physicians (n = 393) who rated conditions as high-risk for complications from influenza.

Diagnosis/indication Percent of physician respondents (n=393) rating condition as high-risk for complications from influenza
Other chronic lung diseases 95
Asthma 94
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia 93
Heart 90
Weakened immune 90
Muscular system disorder 85
Metabolic disease 78
Sickle cell disease 77
Prematurity 76
Cancer 74
Cerebral palsy 74
Spinal condition 71
Endocrine 66
Genetic 65
Obesity 64
Aspirin use 59
Other brain disorders 56
Kidney 56
Stroke (CVA) 56
Liver 52
Epilepsy 51
Intellectual disability 46
Other blood disorders 40