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. 2020 Nov 9;8(4):669. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040669

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants according to being vaccinated for influenza or not in the 2019/2020 flu season.

Characteristics Flu Shot during 2019/2020 Flu Season
No
N = 157,004 (79.0)
Yes
N = 41,818 (21.0)
Total
N = 198,822 (100)
Sex at birth Females 95,402 (80.4) 23,255 (19.6) 11,8657 (59.7)
Males 61,602 (76.8) 18,563 (23.2) 80,165 (40.3)
Class of age <65 years 14,3921 (84.3) 26,809 (15.7) 170,730 (85.9)
65+ years 13,083 (46.6) 15009 (53.4) 28,092 (14.1)
Age 45.9 ± 13.6 55.8 ± 15.9 48.0 ± 14.7
Educational level Low 8662 (73.1) 3192 (26.9) 11,854 (6.0)
Middle 56,058 (81.5) 12742 (18.5) 68,800 (34.6)
High 92,284 (78.1) 25884 (21.9) 118,168 (59.4)
Employment status Employed 114,488 (83.7) 22368 (16.3) 136,856 (68.8)
Student 11,781 (87.7) 1655 (12.3) 13,436 (6.8)
Unemployed 8064 (87.8) 1120 (12.2) 9184 (4.6)
Retired 14,056 (49.7) 14252 (50.3) 28308 (14.2)
Other 8615 (78.0) 2423 (22.0) 11,038 (5.6)
Morbidities or clinical conditions Lung diseases 7497 (65.4) 3959 (34.6) 11,456 (5.8)
Heart disease 2996 (47.5) 3318 (52.5) 6314 (3.2)
Metabolic disorders 5662 (60.7) 3663 (39.3) 9325 (4.7)
Renal diseases 1044 (61.8) 644 (38.2) 1688 (0.8)
Oncological diseases 3809 (60.0) 2541 (40.0) 6350 (3.2)
Diseases of the immune system 12,998 (74.2) 4516 (25.8) 17,514 (8.8)
Liver diseases 999 (67.2) 488 (32.8) 1487 (0.7)
Surgical procedures 5499 (72.3) 2103 (27.7) 7602 (3.8)
Number of morbidities None 123,240 (82.6) 25,928 (17.4) 149,168 (75.0)
One 28,077 (70.6) 11,689 (29.4) 39,766 (20.0)
Two 4782 (59.2) 3297 (40.8) 8079 (4.1)
Three or more 905 (50.0) 904 (50.0) 1809 (0.9)
Work categories recommended for flu vaccine Health professionals 9474 (64.3) 5262 (35.7) 14,736 (7.4)
Armed forces 1610 (79.8) 407 (20.2) 2017 (1.0)
Agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers 674 (82.3) 145 (17.7) 819 (0.4)
Other conditions for recommending flu vaccine Pregnancy 2446 (76.7) 743 (23.3) 3189 (1.6)
Residents in nursing home 129 (39.0) 202 (61.0) 331 (0.2)
<65 years 26 (23.6) 84 (76.4) 110 (0.06)
65+ years 103 (46.6) 118 (53.4) 221 (0.11)
Cohabitants at risk 26,883 (70.5) 11,225 (29.5) 38,108 (19.2)
Not self-sufficient in carrying out daily activities 425 (46.0) 499 (54.0) 924 (0.5)
Self-perceived health status Good 13,5325 (80.9) 31942 (19.1) 16,7267 (84.1)
Adequate 20,585 (69.2) 9159 (30.8) 29744 (15.0)
Bad 1094 (60.4) 717 (39.6) 1811 (0.9)