Table 5.

Main reasons for not receiving seasonal influenza vaccine during the 2015–2016 vaccination campaign for Canadian adults

	Age group (years)
	18–64 without CMC*	18–64 with CMC†	≥ 65‡
Number of valid respondents	728	239	169
Reasons for not receiving influenza vaccine	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)
Allergic to vaccine	0.8 (0.1–1.4)	6.4 (3.0–9.8)	5.3 (1.8–8.8)
Dislike/fear of needles	1.6 (0.3–2.9)	2.1 (0.2–4.1)	2.1 (0.0–4.3)
Don’t need it/not high risk/not recommended	46.0 (41.8–50.2)	35.8 (28.7–42.8)	41.2 (33.3–49.2)
Lack of information	2.1 (0.7–3.5)	0.1 (0.0–0.3)	2.0 (0.0–4.3)
No time	17.6 (14.1–21.1)	17.1 (11.5–22.7)	11.2 (6.0–16.4)
Difficulty getting to a clinic/doc’s office	0.6 (0.0–1.2)	1.1 (0.0–2.1)	3.3 (0.0–7.0)
Do not believe in the vaccine’s effectiveness	21.7 (18.2–25.2)	26.4 (20.0–32.8)	27.5 (20.6–34.5)
Believe vaccines are unsafe (risks associated)	4.0 (2.3–5.7)	4.3 (1.2–7.4)	5.4 (1.8–9.0)
Fear side effects of vaccine	4.0 (2.4–5.6)	7.1 (3.6–10.6)	5.3 (1.8–8.9)
Was sick/in the hospital	1.1 (0.4–1.8)	1.4 (0.0–2.9)	4.4 (1.5–7.3)
Non-specific/chose not to	2.1 (0.9–3.4)	2.0 (0.1–3.8)	0.8 (0.0–2.0)
Did not want it	2.3 (1.1–3.4)	1.2 (0.0–2.5)	0.9 (0.0–2.5)
Never received the vaccine	1.6 (0.5–2.6)	2.0 (0.0–4.5)	0.6 (0.0–1.8)
Other	0.9 (0.3–1.6)	0.9 (0.0–1.9)	3.1 (0.3–5.8)

Reasons that represented less than 2% of valid responses across all groups are not shown above

^*32 respondents (18–64 years without CMC) did not give a reason for not receiving the influenza vaccine

^†12 respondents (18–64 years with CMC) did not give a reason for not receiving the influenza vaccine

^‡12 respondents (≥ 65 years) did not give a reason for not receiving the influenza vaccine