Table 2.
Recorded complete and timely vaccination status for selected vaccines for Cohorts A, B and C by ethnicity, grouped by Statistics NZ categories, from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2015, New Zealand.
| Cohort A |
Cohort B |
Cohort C |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number in cohort | N = 75,375 | N = 50,136 | N = 567,408 | |||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Yes | (%) | No | (%) | Unkn | (%) | Yes | (%) | No | (%) | Unkn | (%) | Yes | (%) | No | (%) | Unkn | (%) |
| European | 2,877 | (12.6) | 12,378 | (54.2) | 7,584 | (33.2) | 7,410 | (52.7) | 5,859 | (41.7) | 798 | (5.7) | 147,891 | (48.7) | 140,973 | (46.5) | 14,625 | (4.8) |
| European (nfd) | 1,719 | (10.6) | 8,421 | (51.7) | 6,135 | (37.7) | 4,551 | (52.1) | 3,708 | (42.4) | 483 | (5.5) | 10,935 | (45.2) | 11,700 | (48.3) | 1,575 | (6.5) |
| NZ European | 1,158 | (17.6) | 3,957 | (60.3) | 1,452 | (22.1) | 2,859 | (53.7) | 2,151 | (40.4) | 315 | (5.9) | 136,956 | (49.0) | 129,273 | (46.3) | 13,047 | (4.7) |
| NZ Māori | 504 | (13.6) | 2,280 | (61.3) | 933 | (25.1) | 390 | (41.0) | 516 | (54.3) | 45 | (4.7) | 49,491 | (35.4) | 85,116 | (60.9) | 5,139 | (3.7) |
| Pacific Island | 432 | (6.2) | 4,176 | (60.0) | 2,355 | (33.8) | 3,399 | (53.4) | 2,865 | (45.0) | 99 | (1.6) | 23,694 | (40.1) | 34,119 | (57.7) | 1,314 | (2.2) |
| Pacific Island (nfd) | 12 | (10.0) | 60 | (50.0) | 48 | (40.0) | 42 | (48.3) | 45 | (50.0) | S | S | 228 | (36.5) | 375 | (60.1) | 21 | (3.4) |
| Samoan | 186 | (5.8) | 1,944 | (60.8) | 1,065 | (33.3) | 1,281 | (47.1) | 1,401 | (51.5) | 39 | (1.4) | 9,942 | (39.5) | 14,637 | (58.1) | 600 | (2.4) |
| Cook Island Māori | 60 | (9.8) | 384 | (62.4) | 171 | (27.8) | 102 | (49.3) | 96 | (46.4) | 9 | (4.3) | 3,669 | (38.4) | 5,652 | (59.1) | 237 | (2.5) |
| Tongan | 78 | (5.9) | 792 | (60.1) | 447 | (33.9) | 804 | (57.4) | 576 | (41.1) | 21 | (1.5) | 5,529 | (39.8) | 8,124 | (58.5) | 234 | (1.7) |
| Niuean | 9 | (10.7) | 48 | (57.1) | 27 | (32.1) | 9 | (21.4) | 27 | (64.3) | 6 | (14.3) | 1,563 | (42.0) | 2,088 | (56.1) | 72 | (1.9) |
| Tokelauan | 9 | (11.5) | 42 | (53.8) | 27 | (34.6) | 18 | (46.2) | S | S | S | S | 531 | (40.9) | 747 | (57.5) | 21 | (1.6) |
| Fijian | 60 | (5.1) | 717 | (60.4) | 411 | (34.6) | 927 | (63.1) | 522 | (35.5) | 21 | (1.4) | 1,491 | (48.2) | 1,545 | (49.9) | 60 | (1.9) |
| Other Pacific Island | 15 | (4.2) | 189 | (52.5) | 156 | (43.3) | 216 | (54.1) | S | S | S | S | 741 | (42.2) | 948 | (53.9) | 69 | (3.9) |
| Asian | 1,413 | (9.9) | 8,484 | (59.2) | 4,425 | (30.9) | 15,258 | (62.8) | 8,793 | (36.2) | 240 | (1.0) | 25,254 | (53.2) | 21,375 | (45.0) | 849 | (1.8) |
| Asian (nfd) | 69 | (5.9) | 603 | (51.5) | 498 | (42.6) | 663 | (63.1) | 366 | (34.9) | 21 | (2.0) | 888 | (48.8) | 885 | (48.6) | 48 | (2.6) |
| Southeast Asian | 150 | (6.9) | 1,350 | (62.4) | 663 | (30.7) | 2,184 | (64.4) | 1,158 | (34.1) | 51 | (1.5) | 2,340 | (54.6) | 1,857 | (43.3) | 87 | (2.0) |
| Chinese | 369 | (11.9) | 1,920 | (61.8) | 816 | (26.3) | 3,456 | (61.6) | 2,109 | (37.6) | 42 | (0.7) | 10,893 | (56.5) | 8,067 | (41.9) | 306 | (1.6) |
| Indian | 453 | (10.8) | 2,526 | (60.1) | 1,224 | (29.1) | 6,135 | (62.8) | 3,570 | (36.5) | 63 | (0.6) | 6,732 | (50.0) | 6,525 | (48.4) | 216 | (1.6) |
| Other Asian | 372 | (10.1) | 2,088 | (56.6) | 1,230 | (33.3) | 2,820 | (63.0) | 1,590 | (35.5) | 63 | (1.4) | 4,401 | (51.0) | 4,041 | (46.8) | 189 | (2.2) |
| MELAA | 237 | (9.9) | 1,416 | (59.0) | 747 | (31.1) | 2,025 | (58.5) | 1,368 | (39.5) | 66 | (1.9) | 2,844 | (42.6) | 3,591 | (53.8) | 237 | (3.6) |
| Middle Eastern | 87 | (10.9) | 480 | (59.9) | 234 | (29.2) | 681 | (57.2) | 489 | (41.1) | 21 | (1.8) | 1,272 | (44.2) | 1,500 | (52.1) | 105 | (3.6) |
| Latin American/Hispanic | 75 | (12.6) | 339 | (57.1) | 180 | (30.3) | 639 | (58.5) | 423 | (38.7) | 30 | (2.7) | 612 | (46.7) | 624 | (47.6) | 75 | (5.7) |
| African | 75 | (7.5) | 597 | (59.4) | 333 | (33.1) | 705 | (59.9) | 456 | (38.8) | 15 | (1.3) | 960 | (38.6) | 1,467 | (59.1) | 57 | (2.3) |
| Other | 12 | (6.5) | 108 | (58.1) | 66 | (35.5) | 69 | (48.9) | 63 | (44.7) | 9 | (6.4) | 162 | (53.5) | 120 | (39.6) | 21 | (6.9) |
| Missing | 27 | (0.1) | 252 | (1.0) | 24,291 | (98.9) | 90 | (26.8) | 78 | (23.2) | 168 | (50.0) | 846 | (23.7) | 1,332 | (37.2) | 1,398 | (39.1) |
| Total | 5,502 | (7.3) | 29,097 | (38.8) | 40,404 | (53.9) | 28,641 | (57.7) | 19,536 | (39.4) | 1,425 | (2.9) | 250,176 | (44.6) | 286,629 | (51.1) | 23,583 | (4.2) |
Note: ‘Yes’ = complete and timely vaccination of MMR, PCV and DTP vaccines. Rotavirus vaccine was not included; ‘No’ = not complete and timely vaccination, includes children who are partially vaccinated, received delayed vaccinations or declined vaccinations; ‘Unkn’ = children without a record on the NIR; Ethnicity is self-defined as per the National Health Index and grouped according to ethnic categories as per Statistics NZ (italicised); S = values suppressed (fewer than 6) to protect privacy; nfd = not further defined