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Table 10
Parents and guardians of girls aged 12 to 14 and 17, by main reason for deciding not to vaccinate a child against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Canada, 2013 Table 10
Parents and guardians of girls aged 12 to 14 and 17, by main reason for deciding not to vaccinate a child against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Canada, 2013

Table 10
Parents and guardians of girls aged 12 to 14 and 17, by main reason for deciding not to vaccinate a child against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Canada, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Parents and guardians of girls aged 12 to 14 and 17. The information is grouped by Reason (appearing as row headers), Total – 12 to 14 and 17 years, 12 to 14 years and 17 years, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Reason	Total – 12 to 14^{Table 10 Note 1} and 17 years	12 to 14 years^{Table 10 Note 1}	17 years
Reason	percent
Concerns about safety of vaccines	46.9	45.0	51.0
Did not consider it necessary for their child	29.1	30.5	26.0
Other	24.0	24.5	23.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Note 1. In Ontario, in-school immunization for HPV begins in grade 8. As such parents and guardians of 12-year-old girls living in Ontario may not have yet made a choice regarding HPV vaccination and are excluded from the analysis. Return to note 1 referrer Note: Parents and guardians responding for a child who has never received any vaccination are excluded from the analysis. Source: Statistics Canada, Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey, 2013.

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Date modified:: 2017-02-22