Volume 8, Number 12—December 2002
Research
Cross-Sectional Study on Influenza Vaccination, Germany, 1999–2000
Sybille Rehmet*†
, Andrea Ammon*, Günter Pfaff‡, Nikolaus Bocter§, and Lyle R. Petersen¶
, Andrea Ammon*, Günter Pfaff‡, Nikolaus Bocter§, and Lyle R. Petersen¶Table 1
Immunization rates in the target groups for influenza vaccination, former West and East Germany, November 1999
| Target groups | Former West Germany | Former East Germany | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccinated | % (95% CIa) | Total | Vaccinated | % (95% CIa) | Total | |
| >60 yrs of age | 78 | 37 (30% to 43%) | 213 | 90 | 55 (47% to 63%) | 163 |
| Chronic illness | 51 | 31 (24% to 39%) | 164 | 81 | 49 (41% to 57%) | 165 |
| Professional exposure | 21 | 9 (5% to 13%) | 243 | 39 | 25 (19% to 33%) | 155 |
| Health-care workers | 4 | 7 (2% to 16%) | 60 | 2 | 10 (1% to 30%) | 21 |
| Workers with public contact | 17 | 9 (6% to 14%) | 183 | 37 | 28 (20% to 36%) | 134 |
| One or more of the above | 101 | 21 (17% to 25%) | 486 b | 142 | 40 (35% to 45%) | 358b |
aCI, confidence interval.
bTotals do not include three persons from former West Germany and three persons from former East Germany for whom information on immunization status was not available.
