Michael Gorbous, seen here in an undated Facebook photo, died of H1N1 on Tuesday, his family said. Alberta's teens are the least likely to go out and get the H1N1 vaccination, provincial statistics show.

While nearly two-thirds of children under the age of five in the province have been vaccinated against the swine flu and almost half of the elderly population, fewer than a quarter of teens have received the shot, figures released by Alberta Health Services suggest.

Adults up to the age of 65 are only four percentage points better, the statistics show.

Yet despite the recent flu-related death of 16-year-old Calgary student Michael Gorbous and repeated pleas from the provincial government, teens like Annie Kristoferson say they're still not convinced the vaccination is necessary.

H1N1 "is apparently more dangerous than the actual flu," she said, "and also I am afraid of needles so I would rather risk getting it [swine flu] than having the shot and getting more sick."

Gorbous, who died Tuesday from complications related to swine flu, got sick in October, before the vaccine was widely available.

Last month, the boy's father spoke to the Calgary Herald about his son, who was at the time in a medically induced coma with pneumonia in both lungs. Kris Gorbous urged people to get the H1N1 vaccination.

"I hear a lot of people still questioning if they should get a shot or not. I bring up Michael's case right away," Kris Gorbous told the Herald in late November. "It's imperative that people get the shot."