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Table 22: Meningococcal disease notification rates, by age group
| Indicator | Māori | non-Māori |
Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total |
Meningococcal disease
notifications, all age
groups, 2006–08, rate
per 100,0001 | 9.0
(7.1–11.3) | 5.5
(4.0–7.4) | 7.3
(6.0–8.7) | 4.0
(3.3–4.7) | 3.2
(2.7–3.8) | 3.6
(3.2–4.0) |
Meningococcal disease
notifications, 0–4
years, 2006–08, rate
per 100,0002 | 45.1
(33.0–60.1) | 35.2
(24.3–49.1) | 40.3
(31.9–50.1) | 15.2
(11.2–20.1) | 9.9
(6.7–14.1) | 12.6
(10.0–15.7) |
Meningococcal disease
notifications, 5–19
years, 2006–08, rate
per 100, 0002 | 7.0
(4.4–10.7) | 2.4
(1.0–5.0) | 4.8
(3.2–6.9) | 4.0
(2.9–5.4) | 3.7
(2.6–5.0) | 3.8
(3.0–4.8) |
Source: Environmental Science and Research Ltd
Notes:
- Age standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population.
- Crude age-specific rate.
Overall, meningococcal disease notifications were twice as high for Māori compared with non-Māori (RR 2.03, CI 1.62–2.54). Table 22 shows that meningococcal disease notifications for infants and toddlers aged 0–4 years were over three times as high for Māori compared with non-Māori (RR 3.20, CI 2.35–4.36). Notifications in the 5–19 years age group were similar for Māori and non-Māori (RR 1.25, CI 0.81–1.92).
Table 23: Other infectious disease indicators
| Indicator | Māori | non-Māori |
Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total |
Tuberculosis
notifications, 2006–08,
rate per 100,0001 | 10.3
(8.3–12.7) | 6.8
(5.2–8.6) | 8.5
(7.2–9.9) | 6.3
(5.7–7.0) | 7.0
(6.3–7.7) | 6.7
(6.2–7.1) |
Rheumatic fever
notifications,
2006–2008, rate per
100,0001 | 13.2
(10.9–15.9) | 10.6
(8.5–13.0) | 11.9
(10.3–13.7) | 2.3
(1.8–2.8) | 2.0
(1.5–2.5) | 2.1
(1.8–2.5) |
Source: Environmental Science and Research Ltd
Notes:
- Age standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population.
Table 23 shows that tuberculosis notifications were over one-and-a-half times higher for Māori males than non-Māori males (RR 1.63, CI 1.28–2.07). There was no significant difference between Māori and non-Māori females.
Rheumatic fever notifications were over five-and-a-half times higher for Māori than for non-Māori (RR 5.61, CI 4.51–6.99). As noted previously, hospitalisations and mortality for rheumatic heart disease were also higher for Māori than for non-Māori (see ‘Cardiovascular Disease’ section).
Childhood immunisation coverage information from the National Immunisation Register (NIR) shows that at the age of 2 years, 73.2 percent of Māori children had completed age-appropriate immunisations compared to 82.5 percent of non-Māori children.9
Another source of information is the 2005 National Childhood Immunisation Survey, which examined immunisation coverage of the primary series of vaccinations up to the age of 2 years (see http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/national-childhood-immunisation-survey-2005).
Note:
- Further data are available from the National Immunisation Register (NIR) see
www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/immunisation-coverage-data#spreadsheets
Related information
Immunisation coverage data
Page last updated: 20 December 2010
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