AHRQ Stats

About 39 percent of U.S. adults reported receiving a flu shot in 2011. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #431: Influenza Immunization Rates for the Adult U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2001 and 2011.)

STATISTICAL BRIEF #431:
Influenza Immunization Rates for the Adult U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2001 and 2011

March 2014

By Jeffrey A. Rhoades, PhD and May C. Chu

Highlights

In 2011, about 39.1 percent of adults in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population reported receiving a flu shot in the past year.
Individuals age 50 and older were about twice as likely to receive a flu shot as younger adults in 2011.
In 2011, over half of individuals with one or more of selected chronic conditions (see Definitions) received a flu shot compared to about one-third of persons with none of those conditions.
The proportion with a flu shot was higher in 2011 than 2001 regardless of age or chronic condition status.
In 2011, adults ages 18-64 without health insurance coverage were much less likely to have received a flu shot than non-elderly adults with private or public insurance coverage.