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) |
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| 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) | |