Flu Vaccination Among U.S. Adults With and Without Asthma, 2017

Adults with asthma were more likely than other adults to get a flu vaccine in 2017. A QuickStats chart from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, published in MMWR, shows the figures from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey.

Adults aged 18–64 who had a flu vaccination in the past 12 months, by sex and current asthma status, 2017 (CDC/NCHS).

The numbers

Share of adults aged 18–64 vaccinated against influenza in the past 12 months:

• Adults with current asthma were more likely to have been vaccinated than those without it.
• Whatever their asthma status, women were more likely than men to have had a flu vaccination.

About the data

• The estimates come from household interviews with a sample of the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population aged 18–64, in the survey's Sample Adult component.
• Vaccination was based on the question "During the past 12 months, have you had a flu vaccination?" Because this covers a calendar year, it differs from counts of vaccinations given during a flu season.
• "Current asthma" meant answering yes to both "Have you ever been told by a doctor or health professional that you had asthma?" and "Do you still have asthma?"

Sources

• Lessem SE, Pendley RP. "QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 18–64 Years Who Had an Influenza Vaccination in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Current Asthma Status — National Health Interview Survey, 2017," MMWR Vol. 68, No. 2, CDC; a work of the United States government in the public domain.