Table 1.

Characteristics of North American Arctic Countries

	Alaska	Northern Canada	Greenland
Populationa	668 662	136 921	56 550
% Indigenous	19%	60%	Unknown
Region size, km2	1 518 807	4 506 600	2 131 863
Year vaccine introduced or recommended in regionb
7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine	2001	2002–2006	N/A
10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine	N/A	2010–2011	N/A
13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine	2010	2010–2011	2010
23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine	1983	1983	1996
Quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine	2006	2005–2006	N/A
Serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine	N/A	2002–2007	N/A
Haemophilus influenzae serotype b vaccine	1991	1986–1997	1996

Abbreviation: N/A, not available during 2000–2010.

^aMean population 2000–2010.

^bNorthern Canadian territories introduced vaccines over different time periods.