Influenza

Among high-risk adults, flu shots less likely for blacks than whites

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, January 6th, 2004

Adults who are at high risk from flu complications are strongly urged to get an influenza vaccination this year, yet a study shows a racial disparity in the response.

In an analysis of data from the 1999 Health Interview Study, researchers writing in the American Journal of Public Health found that white adults with diabetes, chronic heart conditions and cancer were much more likely to get a flu shot than blacks with the same conditions.

White patients with two or more high-risk conditions also were more likely to receive flu shots than blacks with the same health conditions. The study data included 7655 adults with diabetes, chronic heart...

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