( got the flu 14 13 ...)Flu Vaccine Used Last Winter Seems to Have Been Less Effective Than,Vaccines Used in Previous Years,Health

got the flu 14 13 13 Percentage of all adults who did not have flu shots who got the flu 21 23 17 How much less likely were people with flu shots to get the flu than those who were not vaccinated? 33 43 24 TABLE 3 THE EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE THEY GOT THE FLU AFTER HAVING HAD A FLU SHOT "Did you spend one or more days in bed with the flu?" "Did you visit a doctor who diagnosed the flu?"

"How certain are you that you got the flu, and that it was not just a cough or

                                   a cold?"


    Base:  All adults who had a flu shot and believe they had the flu


                                         March       March       April

                                          2004        2005        2007

                                            %           %           %

    Spent one or more days in bed          79          85          74

    Visited a doctor who diagnosed flu     51          53          39

    Certain I got the flu                  80          82          71



                                   TABLE 4

     DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE WHO HAD FLU SHOTS AND OF THOSE WHO GOT THE FLU

                      "Did you get the flu this winter?

             Did you have a flu vaccine shot before this winter?"


    Base:  All adults


                                                  Got the Flu  Had a Flu Shot

                                                       %              %

    All Adults                                        15             35

    Sex

      Male                                            13             36

      Female                                          17             34

    Age

      18-24                                           20             26

      25-29        
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