Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Vaccination Coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Australia, 2003 to 2006
Appendix E. Additional tables on risk factor prevalence and vaccination coverage data
Produced by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Published as a supplement to the Communicable Diseases Intelligence journal Volume 32, June 2008.
Up to Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 32 Supplement - June 2008
- Acknowledgement
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
Methods- Results
- Vaccination coverage
- Discussion
- Appendix A. Summary of notifications in Australia,* for vaccine preventable diseases,† 2003 to 2006, by Indigenous status
- Appendix B. Summary of hospitalisations and deaths in Australia,* for vaccine preventable diseases,† 2002 to 2005, by Indigenous status
- Appendix C. List of health conditions of interest from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey selected as indicators of prevalence of risk factors for which pneumococcal or influenza vaccination was recommended in Indigenous adults
- Appendix D. Notifiable diseases definitions in use prior to 2004
- Appendix E. Additional tables on risk factor prevalence and vaccination coverage data
- Abbreviations
- References
Figure E1. Percentage of children born between January 2003 and December 2005 who were fully vaccinated at age 12 months, by Indigenous status and birth cohort, Australia
Source: Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, data as at 31 March 2007.
Table E1. Percentage of children at age 24 to <27 months who were ‘fully vaccinated’, by birth cohort
| Indigenous | Others | |
|---|---|---|
| Born Jan–Mar 2004 | 92.5 |
91.8 |
| Born Apr–Jun 2004 | 90.5 |
91.9 |
| Born Jul–Sep 2004 | 91.9 |
92.2 |
| Born Oct–Dec 2004 | 91.1 |
92.0 |
Table E2. Vaccine coverage of Australian children born between October and December 2005, at age 12 to <15 months (data as at 31 March 2007)
| State or territory | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Australia | |
DTP 3 doses |
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| Indigenous | 95.8 |
85.8 |
87.1 |
85.3 |
79.2 |
84.9 |
90.7 |
76.7 |
84.4 |
| Others | 92.5 |
91.8 |
94.6 |
92.2 |
92.0 |
93.0 |
92.6 |
91.4 |
92.1 |
Polio 3 doses |
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| Indigenous | 95.8 |
88.0 |
88.1 |
87.0 |
83.1 |
86.9 |
91.8 |
80.4 |
86.6 |
| Others | 95.5 |
95.0 |
97.4 |
95.9 |
94.9 |
95.3 |
95.3 |
94.6 |
95.2 |
Hib (2 or 3 doses) |
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| Indigenous | 95.8 |
93.6 |
92.1 |
92.5 |
87.7 |
89.5 |
91.9 |
87.5 |
91.6 |
| Others | 95.4 |
94.6 |
96.1 |
93.7 |
94.0 |
96.3 |
94.6 |
94.6 |
94.5 |
Hep B (2 or 3 doses) |
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| Indigenous | 95.8 |
93.6 |
94.4 |
92.5 |
88.5 |
89.5 |
92.6 |
88.7 |
92.2 |
| Others | 95.5 |
94.7 |
96.3 |
93.7 |
93.9 |
96.3 |
94.7 |
94.5 |
94.5 |
‘Fully vaccinated’ |
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| Indigenous | 95.8 |
85.8 |
84.8 |
84.2 |
77.7 |
84.9 |
88.2 |
75.1 |
83.3 |
| Others | 92.1 |
91.3 |
94.0 |
90.8 |
90.5 |
92.8 |
91.2 |
90.8 |
91.1 |
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 3 doses (children born between Jan–Dec 2005) |
|||||||||
| Indigenous | 86.1 |
83.2 |
85.7 |
84.9 |
78.1 |
86.3 |
84.8 |
75.4 |
82.9 |
| Others | 90.2 |
89.7 |
91.8 |
90.2 |
90.7 |
92.0 |
91.3 |
88.3 |
90.2 |
Table E3. Vaccine coverage of Australian children born between October and December 2004, at age 24 to <27 months (data as at 31 March 2007)
| State or territory | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Australia | |
DTP 3 doses |
|||||||||
| Indigenous | 94.1 |
94.7 |
95.9 |
96.4 |
93.0 |
97.1 |
90.7 |
90.5 |
94.5 |
| Others | 95.9 |
94.3 |
96.1 |
93.8 |
94.9 |
96.2 |
95.4 |
94.6 |
94.6 |
Polio 3 doses |
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| Indigenous | 100.0 |
95.0 |
95.0 |
96.9 |
93.7 |
97.1 |
91.9 |
92.4 |
95.0 |
| Others | 98.4 |
97.3 |
98.8 |
97.5 |
98.0 |
98.5 |
98.0 |
97.7 |
97.7 |
Hib (2 or 3 doses) |
|||||||||
| Indigenous | 94.1 |
96.4 |
98.8 |
97.9 |
96.5 |
98.6 |
96.3 |
95.3 |
97.0 |
| Others | 96.3 |
95.1 |
96.6 |
94.6 |
95.5 |
96.1 |
95.9 |
94.5 |
95.3 |
Hep B (2 or 3 doses) |
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| Indigenous | 94.1 |
98.7 |
99.1 |
98.1 |
96.5 |
100.0 |
96.3 |
95.5 |
97.8 |
| Others | 96.3 |
95.3 |
96.9 |
94.9 |
95.6 |
96.6 |
96.2 |
95.2 |
95.5 |
MMR first dose |
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| Indigenous | 93.8 |
94.8 |
96.5 |
95.6 |
94.4 |
94.3 |
93.8 |
91.6 |
94.7 |
| Others | 96.9 |
96.1 |
97.0 |
96.6 |
97.4 |
97.3 |
97.5 |
96.0 |
96.7 |
‘Fully vaccinated’ |
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| Indigenous | 88.2 |
91.1 |
95.9 |
93.7 |
90.9 |
91.4 |
87.0 |
85.8 |
91.1 |
| Others | 93.4 |
91.3 |
93.7 |
91.2 |
92.8 |
94.3 |
93.2 |
90.8 |
92.0 |
Table E4. Vaccine coverage of Australian children born between October and December 2000, at age 72–<75 months (data as at 31 Mar 2007)
| State or territory | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Australia | |
MMR 2 doses |
|||||||||
| Indigenous | 87.5 |
88.8 |
92.9 |
92.9 |
80.2 |
93.0 |
88.7 |
84.3 |
89.5 |
| Others | 89.9 |
89.0 |
84.9 |
88.0 |
87.1 |
91.5 |
91.7 |
84.4 |
88.9 |
‘Fully vaccinated’ |
|||||||||
| Indigenous | 75.0 |
69.8 |
86.8 |
80.7 |
64.7 |
82.5 |
72.5 |
70.5 |
75.6 |
| Others | 81.5 |
74.8 |
74.9 |
78.4 |
74.0 |
82.0 |
80.0 |
72.9 |
76.9 |
Table E5. Prevalence of self-reported risk factors and proportion of the specified population who had influenza vaccination in the last 12 months prior to survey in 2004–2005 in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged 18–49 years, by state or territory
| State or territory | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW/ACT | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Australia | |
| Risk factor(s) prevalence in Indigenous population aged 18–49 years | ||||||||
| Chronic conditions | 15 |
22 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
16 |
20 |
17 |
| Chronic conditions + asthma | 28 |
26 |
31 |
25 |
30 |
29 |
29 |
29 |
Proportion of the specified population who had influenza vaccination in the last 12 months |
||||||||
| Subset of Indigenous population aged 18–49 years who reported at least one risk factor | 14 |
55 |
35 |
33 |
17 |
23 |
31 |
29 |
| Total Indigenous population aged 18–49 years | 10 |
48 |
29 |
21 |
11 |
16 |
20 |
23 |
% of total Indigenous population aged 18–49 years who had influenza vaccination in the last 12 months, by risk factor status and jurisdiction (calculated based on data above) |
||||||||
| Of total Indigenous population aged 18–49 years reporting at least one risk factor | 3.9 |
14.3 |
10.9 |
8.3 |
5.1 |
6.7 |
9.0 |
8.4 |
| Of total Indigenous population aged 18–49 years not reporting any risk factor | 6.1 |
33.7 |
18.2 |
12.8 |
5.9 |
9.3 |
11.0 |
14.6 |
Table E6. Prevalence of self-reported risk factors and proportion of the specified population who had pneumococcal vaccination in the last five years prior to survey in 2004–2005 in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged 18–49 years, by state or territory
| State or territory | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW/ ACT | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Australia | |
Risk factor(s) prevalence in Indigenous population aged 18–49 years |
||||||||
| Chronic conditions | 15 |
22 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
16 |
20 |
17 |
| Chronic conditions + heavy alcohol | 31 |
28 |
34 |
30 |
26 |
30 |
38 |
32 |
| Chronic conditions + heavy alcohol + tobacco | 67 |
69 |
65 |
67 |
62 |
62 |
67 |
66 |
Proportion of the specified population who had pneumococcal vaccination in the last 5 years |
||||||||
| Subset of Indigenous population aged 18–49 years who reported at least one risk factor | 4 |
25 |
20 |
10 |
3 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
| Total Indigenous population aged 18–49 years | 4 |
26 |
17 |
12 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
12 |
| % of total Indigenous population aged 18–49 years who had pneumococcal vaccination in the last 5 years, by risk factor status and jurisdiction (calculated based on data above) | ||||||||
| Of total Indigenous population aged 18–49 years reporting at least one risk factor | 2.7 |
17.3 |
13.0 |
6.7 |
1.9 |
6.2 |
6.0 |
8.6 |
| Of total Indigenous population aged 18–49 years not reporting any risk factor | 1.3 |
8.8 |
4.0 |
5.3 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
3.4 |
Table E7. Percentage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons aged 50–64 years who had received influenza vaccination in the last 12 months prior to survey in 2004–2005, by state or territory and remoteness of residence
| State or territory | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW/ ACT | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | NT | Vic | WA | Australia | |
| Remote Indigenous population aged 50–64 years | 54 |
82 |
85 |
90 |
– |
82 |
– |
65 |
76 |
| Non-remote Indigenous population aged 50–64 years | 39 |
23 |
42 |
66 |
40 |
23 |
50 |
48 |
43 |
| Total Indigenous population aged 50–64 years | 40 |
73 |
54 |
71 |
39 |
73 |
50 |
55 |
52 |
Table E8. Percentage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons aged 50–64 years who had received pneumococcal vaccination in the last five years prior to survey in 2004–2005, by state or territory and remoteness of residence
| State or territory | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW/ ACT | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Australia | |
| Remote Indigenous population aged 50–64 years | 30 |
65 |
52 |
45 |
– |
– |
40 |
52 |
| Non-remote Indigenous population aged 50–64 years | 20 |
4 |
26 |
25 |
31 |
13 |
24 |
22 |
| Total Indigenous population aged 50–64 years | 20 |
55 |
33 |
29 |
33 |
13 |
31 |
30 |
