Respondents who are underinsured, or have inadequate insurance, are even less likely to plan to get vaccinated than the uninsured (46 percent compared with 49 percent).Forty-one percent of respondents surveyed do not plan to get vaccinated.Men (58 percent) are more likely than women (46 percent) to believe the virus will not have a major impact. The uninsured (60 percent) and African American respondents (71 percent) are more likely to believe the virus will have a major impact.Respondents 55 to 64 years old and respondents age 65 and older are more likely to know where to get vaccinated (86 percent and 83 percent, respectively) compared to respondents 18 to 34 years old (73 percent); 35 to 44 years old (79 percent); and 45 to 54 years old (72 percent).Respondents 55 to 64 years old and respondents age 65 and older, are also more likely to plan to get vaccinated (61 percent and 61 percent, respectively) compared to respondents 18 to 34 years old (52 percent); 35 to 44 years old (42 percent); and 45 to 54 years old (51 percent).Respondents in the Northeast (58 percent) and West (56 percent) are more likely to believe Swine Flu will not have a major impact on the U.S. compared to 49 percent of respondents in the South who say it will have a major impact.African Americans are more likely to plan to get vaccinated (62 percent) compared to Caucasians (51 percent) and Hispanics (55 percent). Hispanic respondents surveyed are less likely to know where to get vaccinated (67 percent) compared with Caucasians (80 percent) and African Americans (77 percent) surveyed.

Methodology:

The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct a nationally representative telephone survey of 1,010 U.S. adults 18 years old and older from Sept. 10 -13 to gauge public opinion about the H1N1 virus. Data were weighted to be representative of the total U.S. adult population on the basis of age, sex, geographic region and race. The survey has a sampling error of + or - 3.1 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.

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