Table 4.
Early Season Influenza Vaccination Rates by Subgroup Across Years: 2014–2016 National Internet Flu Survey
Subgroup | NIFS 95% confidence interval by year |
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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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Overall | 40.4 ± 1.8 | 39.9 ± 1.9 | 40.6 ± 1.7 |
Age (in years) | |||
18–9 | 31.4 ± 2.7 | 31.8 ± 2.8 | 34.3 ± 2.7 |
50–64 | 43.9 ± 3.2 | 41.3 ± 3.4 | 41.7 ± 2.9 |
≥65 | 61.7 ± 3.7 | 60.4 ± 3.9 | 56.6 ± 2.7 |
Race/ethnicitya | |||
Hispanic | 36.5 ± 5.2 | 36.8 ± 5.9 | 43.5 ± 4.5 |
NH white | 41.3 ± 2.3 | 41.6 ± 2.3 | 39.7 ± 2.2 |
NH black | 39.2 ± 4.6 | 35.5 ± 5.3 | 40.6 ± 4.4 |
NH other/multiple races | 42.7 ± 6.2 | 37.9 ± 6.5 | 43.1 ± 5.5 |
High-risk medical condition (18–64 years only)b | |||
Yes | 43.2 ± 4.1 | 40.8 ± 4.3 | 43.5 ± 3.8 |
No | 32.6 ± 2.4 | 32.7 ± 2.6 | 34.0 ± 2.4 |
The non-Hispanic (NH) other category includes adults who reported their ethnicity as non-Hispanic and their race as American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, or reported multiple races.
High-risk medical conditions include chronic asthma, a lung condition other than asthma, heart disease (other than high blood pressure, heart murmur, or mitral valve prolapse), diabetes, a kidney condition, a liver condition, sickle cell anemia or other anemia, a neurologic or neuromuscular condition, a weakened immune system caused by a chronic illness or by medicines taken for a chronic illness, or obesity. Status was determined from NIFS responses.