Table 1: Characteristics of respondents reporting influenza vaccination within the previous 12 months in the 2006/07 to 2013/14 influenza seasons

Characteristic	% of respondents, n = 481 526*
Characteristic	Total	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	Overall
Overall	100.0	32	30	30	26	28	28	28	31	29
Sex
Male	49.0	29	26	27	23	25	24	25	27	26
Female	51.0	35	33	33	28	31	31	30	34	32
Chronic conditions
≥ 1	22.5	51	47	47	42	45	45	45	47	46
Heart disease	4.7	63	60	60	53	58	56	57	59	58
Stroke†	1.0	61	55	54	53	50	55	55	46	53
Diabetes†	6.1	61	57	57	50	57	54	54	55	55
Cancer	1.9	55	56	53	56	59	53	49	54	54
Asthma	8.2	40	37	37	34	35	35	34	38	36
COPD†	2.2	67	60	58	48	55	58	54	55	55
None	77.5	27	25	25	21	23	23	23	26	24
Income quartile‡
Lowest†	5.6	32	30	27	23	27	25	25	27	27
Lower-middle	14.2	34	33	33	29	33	31	31	33	32
Upper-middle	27.5	33	30	30	26	29	30	29	31	30
Highest	44.2	30	28	28	24	27	26	26	30	27
Province or territory
Newfoundland and Labrador†	1.5	22	23	25	23	25	24	24	27	24
Prince Edward Island	0.4	33	28	27	26	30	32	28	35	30
Nova Scotia†	2.8	40	40	37	43	47	43	40	45	42
New Brunswick†	2.2	28	30	28	32	36	34	35	37	33
Quebec	23.4	25	25	25	16	21	22	22	24	22
Ontario	39.1	37	34	34	27	31	29	30	33	32
Manitoba	3.4	28	25	27	31	26	26	27	30	27
Saskatchewan	2.9	27	28	28	26	30	30	25	30	28
Alberta	10.8	28	26	29	29	29	27	27	31	28
British Columbia	13.3	32	28	29	29	28	30	28	32	30
Yukon	0.1	29	27	24	45	33	27	27	30	31
Northwest Territories	0.1	35	33	30	33	39	36	29	35	34
Nunavut	0.1	37	34	44	42	43	26	27	33	35
Presence of universal funding for influenza vaccines
Yes	51.7	37	34	33	27	31	29	29	33	31
No	48.3	28	27	28	24	24	25	25	27	26

Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

*Representing 27 291 380 Canadians.

†Changed by ≥ 5 percentage points during the study period.

‡8.6% did not report their income over the study period; the percent reporting vaccination in this group was 30% overall.