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QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage* of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Received an Influenza Vaccination During the Past 12 Months,† by Sex and Race and Ethnicity§ — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022
Weekly / December 1, 2023 / 72(48);1313
Abbreviation: NH = non-Hispanic.
* Age-adjusted percentages are based on the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau standard population, using age groups 18–44, 45–64, 65–74, and ≥75 years, with 95% CIs indicated by error bars.
† Estimates are based on a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population and are derived from a response to the question, “There are two types of flu vaccinations. One is a shot, and the other is a spray, mist, or drop in the nose. During the past 12 months, have you had a flu vaccination?”
§ Adults categorized as non-Hispanic White (White), non-Hispanic Asian (Asian), and non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black) indicated one race only; respondents had the option to select more than one race. Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) respondents might be of any race or combination of races; all race groups are non-Hispanic. Total includes all adults, including other race groups not shown separately.
In 2022, among persons aged ≥18 years, women were more likely than were men (49.2% versus 41.1%) to have received an influenza vaccination during the past 12 months. Women were more likely than were men to have received an influenza vaccination among Asian (61.0% versus 50.7%), Black (40.6% versus 30.1%), Hispanic (43.5% versus 35.9%), and White (51.5% versus 43.4%) adults. Among men, Black adults were the least likely to have received an influenza vaccination during the past 12 months compared with Asian, Hispanic, and White adults. Among women, Black and Hispanic adults were less likely to have received an influenza vaccination during the past 12 months than were Asian and White adults.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm
Reported by: Nazik Elgaddal, MS, [email protected]; Ellen A. Kramarow, PhD.
For more information on this topic, CDC recommends the following link: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Received an Influenza Vaccination During the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Race and Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:1313. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7248a5.
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