2010 Pandemic Vaccination Survey

A survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) was conducted in January and February of 2010. The report, "2010 Pandemic Vaccination Survey: summary results", provides estimates of swine flu vaccination uptake by Australians. It included motivations for, and barriers to, vaccination. The survey showed that the swine flu vaccine uptake as of February was estimated at 18.1% (or about 3.9 million people). Reasons for vaccination included: seriousness of the swine flu (24.7%), doctor's advice (16.8%), employment related reasons (13.7%) and being in an at risk group (10.9%). AIHW catalogue number (PHE 128)