State Variation in Seasonal Flu Vaccination: Implications for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Issue Brief
- States with data values with confidence interval half-widths greater than 12 were considered unreliable and excluded from analysis. This resulted in suppressed values for 14 states for rates among Black people and 4 states for rates among Hispanic people.
Non-elderly adults are defined as adults between the ages 18 and 64 years.
- Underlying health conditions include asthma, diabetes, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancers other than skin cancer. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/reportshtml/reporti1920/reportii/index.html