Table 4. Influenza vaccination coverage by healthcare personnel status, demographic and access to care characteristics among workers ≥18 years – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System – 2013, 21 States*.
| Healthcare personnel† | Non-healthcare personnel‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | %§ (95% CI) | n | %§ (95% CI) |
| Total | 13,610 | 55.1 (53.4-56.9) | 73,064 | 29.7 (29.0-30.4)‖ |
| Age | ||||
| 18-49¶ | 6,730 | 52.5 (50.1-54.9) | 36,142 | 24.6 (23.8-25.5)‖ |
| 50-64 | 5,623 | 59.5 (56.8-62.2)** | 29,364 | 36.3 (35.1-37.5)‖,** |
| 65+ | 1,257 | 58.7 (53.2-63.9)** | 7,558 | 53.3 (50.7-55.9)** |
| Sex | ||||
| Male¶ | 2,807 | 54.7 (50.9-58.6) | 37,442 | 27.4 (26.5-28.3)‖ |
| Female | 10,803 | 55.3 (53.3-57.2) | 35,622 | 32.9 (31.9-34.0)‖,** |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic¶ | 10,668 | 58.8 (57.0-60.6) | 58,459 | 32.1 (31.4-32.8)* |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 1,226 | 39.7 (34.9-44.8)** | 4,324 | 23.1 (20.9-25.5)‖,** |
| Hispanic | 806 | 46.3 (39.6-53.1)** | 5,618 | 25.3 (23.2-27.5)‖,** |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 767 | 65.6 (58.0-72.4) | 3,735 | 29.6 (26.5-32.8)‖ |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school¶ | 304 | 37.3 (28.9-46.7) | 3,553 | 22.8 (20.2-25.5)‖ |
| High school graduate/GED | 2,090 | 50.9 (46.5-55.3)** | 18,171 | 24.8 (23.5-26.1)‖ |
| Some college/technical school | 4,296 | 52.2 (49.1-55.4)** | 20,182 | 27.5 (26.4-28.8)‖,** |
| College graduate | 6,912 | 61.2 (58.8-63.6)** | 31,064 | 38.5 (37.5-39.6)‖,** |
| Income | ||||
| <$20K¶ | 963 | 33.4 (28.1-39.1) | 6,860 | 20.1 (18.3-22.0)‖ |
| $20K-<$50K | 3,783 | 48.0 (44.8-51.3)** | 20,963 | 24.9 (23.6-26.2)‖,** |
| $50K-<$75K | 2,367 | 55.2 (50.8-59.6)** | 12,708 | 30.8 (29.1-32.5)‖,** |
| $75K+ | 5,555 | 64.5 (61.8-67.1)** | 27,088 | 37.1 (36.0-38.2)‖,** |
| High-risk conditions†† | ||||
| Yes | 3,286 | 57.4 (53.8-61.0) | 16,545 | 39.1 (37.5-40.7)‖,** |
| No¶ | 10,228 | 54.4 (52.4-56.4) | 55,823 | 27.5 (26.8-28.3)‖ |
| Have personal healthcare provider | ||||
| Yes | 11,790 | 58.6 (56.7-60.5)** | 56,882 | 35.0 (34.2-35.8)‖,** |
| No¶ | 1,803 | 35.4 (31.2-39.7) | 15,971 | 15.4 (14.3-16.6)‖ |
| Have medical insurance | ||||
| Yes | 12,422 | 58.4 (56.6-60.2)** | 62,902 | 33.8 (33.0-34.5)‖,** |
| No¶ | 1,167 | 30.0 (24.9-35.7) | 9,947 | 12.6 (11.4-13.9)‖ |
Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; NA=not applicable.
California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Clinical and nonclinical staff working in hospitals (NAICS 622), outpatient care/physician offices (NAICS 6214, 6211), long-term care facilities (NAICS 6216, 6231, 6232, 6233, 6239), other clinical settings (NAICS 6212, 62131, 62132, 6213, 6215, 6219).
Other employed adults not classified as healthcare personnel.
Weighted proportion of respondents who reported receiving an influenza vaccine in the past 12 months.
p <0.05 by t-test for comparisons between healthcare personnel and non-healthcare personnel within each level of each characteristic.
Reference level.
p <0.05 by t-test for comparisons within each variable with the indicated reference level†† Adults who reported having at least one or more than one of the following: asthma, diabetes, myocardial infarction, angina or coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or chronic bronchitis, or cancer (excluding skin cancer).