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Table 2 Characteristics of all participants, and participants with at least two reports included in the study

From: Incidence and risk factors for influenza-like-illness in the UK: online surveillance using Flusurvey

All registered participants

Participants with 2 or more symptoms surveys

Age group

Participants

Participants (% of all participants)

Percent of Flusurvey sample

Percent of UK population

Female n (%)

Risk factor n (%)

Vaccine n (%)

0-17

403

274 (68.0)

6.2

21.0

136 (49.6)

30 (10.9)

24 (8.8)

18-24

382

202 (52.9)

4.6

9.4

142 (70.3)

30 (14.9)

25 (12.4)

25-34

1132

774 (68.4)

17.5

13.6

557 (72.0)

100 (12.9)

153 (19.8)

35-44

1281

903 (70.5)

20.4

13.5

611 (67.7)

138 (15.3)

204 ( 22.6)

45-64

2138

1778 (83.2)

40.1

25.4

1150 (64.7)

326 (18.3)

583 (32.8)

65+

607

501 (82.5)

11.3

17.1

288 (57.5)

183 (36.5)

450 (89.8)

% of total included in our study

   

75.9%

79.1%

84.4%