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. 2016 Aug 19;4(3):E455–E462. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20160050

Table 1: Characteristics of respondents reporting influenza vaccination within the previous 12 months in the 2006/07 to 2013/14 influenza seasons.

Characteristic % of respondents, n = 481 526*
Total 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 Overall
Overall  100.0 32 30 30 26 28 28 28 31 29
Sex
Male 49.0 29 26 27 23 25 24 25 27 26
Female 51.0 35 33 33 28 31 31 30 34 32
Chronic conditions
 1 22.5 51 47 47 42 45 45 45 47 46
Heart disease 4.7 63 60 60 53 58 56 57 59 58
Stroke† 1.0 61 55 54 53 50 55 55 46 53
Diabetes† 6.1 61 57 57 50 57 54 54 55 55
Cancer 1.9 55 56 53 56 59 53 49 54 54
Asthma 8.2 40 37 37 34 35 35 34 38 36
COPD† 2.2 67 60 58 48 55 58 54 55 55
None 77.5 27 25 25 21 23 23 23 26 24
Income quartile‡
Lowest† 5.6 32 30 27 23 27 25 25 27 27
Lower-middle 14.2 34 33 33 29 33 31 31 33 32
Upper-middle 27.5 33 30 30 26 29 30 29 31 30
Highest 44.2 30 28 28 24 27 26 26 30 27
Province or territory
Newfoundland and Labrador† 1.5 22 23 25 23 25 24 24 27 24
Prince Edward Island 0.4 33 28 27 26 30 32 28 35 30
Nova Scotia† 2.8 40 40 37 43 47 43 40 45 42
New Brunswick† 2.2 28 30 28 32 36 34 35 37 33
Quebec 23.4 25 25 25 16 21 22 22 24 22
Ontario 39.1 37 34 34 27 31 29 30 33 32
Manitoba 3.4 28 25 27 31 26 26 27 30 27
Saskatchewan 2.9 27 28 28 26 30 30 25 30 28
Alberta 10.8 28 26 29 29 29 27 27 31 28
British Columbia 13.3 32 28 29 29 28 30 28 32 30
Yukon 0.1 29 27 24 45 33 27 27 30 31
Northwest Territories 0.1 35 33 30 33 39 36 29 35 34
Nunavut 0.1 37 34 44 42 43 26 27 33 35
Presence of universal funding for influenza vaccines
Yes 51.7 37 34 33 27 31 29 29 33 31
No 48.3 28 27 28 24 24 25 25 27 26

Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

*Representing 27 291 380 Canadians.

†Changed by 5 percentage points during the study period.

‡8.6% did not report their income over the study period; the percent reporting vaccination in this group was 30% overall.