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Percentage of Canadian family physicians who had patients give select reasons for vaccine refusal as of 2018

Characteristic	Percentage of providers
Know or heard of someone who had an adverse reaction to a vaccine	67%
Worried about specific ingredients in vaccines (e.g., mercury, thimerosal)	62%
Worried about possible long-term effects	57%
Believe that the disease is not a big concern	55%
Worried that the vaccine will actually cause the illness it is meant to prevent	53%
Conspiracy theories	51%
Believe natural immunity is enough	49%
Worried about immediate side effects (i.e. adverse events following immunization)	44%
Think there are too many injections being given at one time	44%
Fear of needles/find needles to painful	41%
Concerned vaccine don't protect against the disease	41%
Think it is better to wait until child is older	39%
Believe that the vaccine is not needed any more (as the disease is gone or almost gone)	37%
Believe alternative therapies are better choice	35%
Believe that if other children are vaccinated their own children do not need to be	22%
Think there are too many antigens in vaccines	22%
Distrust of health care professionals	21%
Find it difficult to get the vaccine (e.g. time off work, transportation to clinic, too busy)	15%
Religious beliefs do not allow for/discourage vaccination	11%
Connection to autism	2%
Financial concerns/costs	2%
None	2%
Other	2%
Weakened immune system	1%

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Release date

March 2018

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

November 21, 2017 to January 25, 2018

Number of respondents

535 respondents

Special properties

Healthcare providers that provide vaccinations to patients

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: 'In the last year, what reason(s), if any, have patients provided as to why they do not want themselves or their family members vaccinated? Base: All respondents"

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This statistic depicts the percentage of Canadian family physicians who had patients give select reasons for refusing a vaccine as of 2018. According to the data, 67 percent of patients who refused vaccinations at a family physician did so because they knew or heard of someone that had an adverse reaction to a vaccination.