Adults' reasons for not getting an influenza vaccination U.S. 2019-2020 | Statista

In 2019, around 37 percent of U.S. adults who did not plan on getting an influenza vaccination for the 2019-20 flu season stated concerns about possible side effects from the vaccine as a major reason. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults who did not plan to get an influenza vaccination for the 2019-2020 flu season for select reasons.

Percentage of U.S. adults who did not plan to get an influenza vaccination for the 2019-2020 flu season for select reasons

Characteristic	Major reason	Minor reason
Concerned about side effects from the vaccine	37%	22%
Believe that flu vaccines do not work very well	36%	27%
Never get the flu	26%	27%
Some other reason	25%	18%
Concerned about getting the flu from the vaccination	22%	28%
Unlikely to get very sick from the flu	20%	37%
Don't like needles and shots	16%	15%

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Release date

December 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

November 7 to 11, 2019

Number of respondents

1,020 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Includes only those who had responded that had not received a flu shot and did not plan to get one this season.

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