Influenza vaccination for all pregnant women? So far the less biased evidence does not favour it

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Table 1. Influenza coverage among pregnant women, by selected chara-cteristics – Internet panel survey, United States, april 2018 ^{14, simplified.}(Women pregnant any time during October–January were included in the analysis to assess influenza vaccination coverage for the 2017–18 season. Women who received an influenza vaccination since July 1, 2017, before or during their pregnancy were considered vaccinated).

Characteristic	Vaccinated, weighted %
Race/Ethnicity (self reported)
White, non-Hispanic^¶	52.5
Black, non-Hispanic	35.6^§
Hispanic	51.3
Other, non-Hispanic	53.0
Education
≤High school diploma	41.8^§
Some college, no degree	40.0^§
College degree	56.0
>College degree^¶	59.7
Marital status
Married^¶	56.9
Unmarried	38.8^§
Insurance coverage
Private/Military only^¶	55.3
Any public	44.2^§
No insurance	30.1^§
Employment status
Working^¶	53.5
Not working (out of work, homemakers, students, retired, or unable to work)	43.9^§
Poverty status
At or above poverty^¶	52.0
Below poverty	38.8^§
High-risk condition (diseases associated with increased risk for serious medical complication from influenza)
Yes^¶	54.0
No	46.3^§
No. of provider visits since July 2017
None	18.1^§
1–5	37.4^§
6–10	49.9^§
>10^¶	56.8
Provider vaccination recommendation/offer
Offered^¶	63.8
Recommended with no offer	37.6^§
Recommended with no offer, referral received	47.9^§
Recommended with no offer, no referral received	30.1^§
No recommendation	9.0^§

^¶ Reference group for comparison within subgroups.

^§ ≥5 percentage-point difference compared with reference group.

Kahn KE, Black CL, Ding H, Williams WW, Lu PJ, Fiebelkorn AP, Havers F, D’Angelo DV, Ball S, Fink RV, et al. Influenza and Tdap vaccination coverage among pregnant women — United States, April 2018. MMWR. 2018;38:1055–59.

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