Influenza vaccine coverage by age Canada 2021

According to the data, around 70 percent of Canadian adults aged 65 years and older had received a flu vaccine during 2021. This statistic depicts the percentage of Canadian adults who had received an influenza vaccination as of 2021, by age.

Percentage of Canadian adults who had received an influenza vaccination in 2021, by age

Characteristic	Percentage of adults
All adults	40.4%
18-64 years	32.4%
65 years and older	70.4%
18-64 with chronic medical condition*	40.5%
18-64 without chronic medical condition	29.2%

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

January 6 to February 11, 2021

Number of respondents

3,014 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

* "8 people aged 18-64 years did not disclose whether they had any chronic medical conditions (CMC) and were excluded from the stratified analysis."
"CMC: Chronic medical conditions including asthma, lung diseases, heart conditions, cancer, diabetes, liver or kidney diseases, immune disorder, spleen problems, anemia, obesity, cochlear implant and chronic cerebrospinal fluid leak." Adapted from Statistics Canada, canada.ca, January 6 to February 11, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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