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Vaccinated against influenza in the last 12 months by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007

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Sex Year 1st Quintile
% (95% CI)
2nd Quintile
% (95% CI)
3rd Quintile
% (95% CI)
4th Quintile
% (95% CI)
5th Quintile
% (95% CI)
NSW
% (95% CI)
Males 1997 50.2 (40.8-59.7) 57.4 (49.8-65.1) 59.6 (51.8-67.5) 49.9 (43.4-56.5) 62.2 (54.7-69.7) 55.7 (52.3-59.2)
1998 63.1 (53.6-72.5) 61.5 (53.2-69.9) 63.0 (55.4-70.6) 64.5 (58.6-70.5) 59.7 (51.9-67.4) 61.9 (58.4-65.3)
2002 72.6 (63.4-81.8) 77.8 (69.5-86.1) 76.2 (69.6-82.9) 74.2 (69.1-79.3) 72.6 (66.7-78.6) 74.6 (71.6-77.6)
2003 77.9 (67.5-88.2) 80.6 (72.9-88.3) 75.2 (68.1-82.4) 75.4 (70.9-79.8) 74.1 (67.2-81.0) 76.3 (73.2-79.3)
2004 82.7 (74.8-90.6) 77.1 (69.7-84.4) 71.4 (63.0-79.7) 82.1 (77.2-86.9) 67.7 (58.9-76.5) 76.1 (72.6-79.5)
2005 77.9 (71.7-84.0) 76.2 (70.0-82.4) 70.6 (64.5-76.7) 78.3 (73.0-83.5) 74.1 (66.9-81.2) 75.3 (72.6-78.1)
2006 76.2 (68.3-84.2) 74.9 (67.5-82.3) 71.5 (64.0-79.1) 76.4 (69.8-83.1) 71.3 (64.0-78.7) 73.8 (70.5-77.1)
2007 71.3 (62.1-80.6) 71.2 (62.7-79.6) 69.0 (61.3-76.8) 72.8 (66.0-79.6) 74.3 (66.6-81.9) 71.1 (67.6-74.7)
Females 1997 60.6 (53.2-68.0) 54.5 (47.6-61.3) 60.6 (54.8-66.4) 56.5 (51.7-61.4) 58.4 (51.7-65.1) 58.1 (55.3-61.0)
1998 66.2 (59.8-72.7) 65.6 (59.4-71.7) 60.4 (54.3-66.6) 69.0 (64.4-73.6) 62.9 (56.5-69.3) 64.5 (61.9-67.2)
2002 79.0 (70.3-87.7) 74.3 (67.5-81.1) 75.8 (70.3-81.3) 77.1 (73.1-81.1) 73.7 (68.9-78.5) 75.8 (73.3-78.2)
2003 68.0 (59.7-76.3) 78.2 (72.2-84.1) 79.0 (74.3-83.7) 75.9 (72.1-79.7) 76.9 (71.6-82.2) 75.9 (73.5-78.3)
2004 76.2 (68.7-83.6) 76.5 (70.0-83.0) 70.9 (64.5-77.2) 74.6 (69.3-80.0) 82.5 (77.2-87.8) 75.5 (72.7-78.4)
2005 72.2 (66.3-78.2) 80.9 (76.6-85.2) 75.1 (70.3-80.0) 76.2 (71.6-80.8) 67.9 (61.7-74.1) 74.5 (72.2-76.8)
2006 76.6 (70.6-82.7) 75.7 (69.6-81.7) 75.6 (69.9-81.3) 74.7 (69.6-79.8) 76.2 (70.1-82.2) 75.9 (73.3-78.4)
2007 74.6 (68.2-80.9) 75.5 (69.7-81.3) 72.1 (66.2-78.0) 77.5 (72.5-82.4) 70.9 (63.9-77.9) 74.2 (71.5-76.9)
Persons 1997 56.5 (50.6-62.3) 55.8 (50.7-61.0) 60.2 (55.5-64.9) 53.4 (49.4-57.5) 60.1 (55.1-65.1) 57.1 (54.9-59.3)
1998 65.0 (59.5-70.4) 63.8 (58.7-68.8) 61.6 (56.8-66.4) 66.9 (63.2-70.6) 61.5 (56.5-66.4) 63.3 (61.2-65.5)
2002 76.0 (69.7-82.4) 76.0 (70.7-81.3) 76.0 (71.8-80.2) 75.7 (72.5-78.9) 73.3 (69.5-77.0) 75.2 (73.3-77.1)
2003 71.7 (65.2-78.2) 79.2 (74.5-84.0) 77.2 (72.9-81.4) 75.7 (72.8-78.5) 75.6 (71.4-79.9) 76.0 (74.1-77.9)
2004 79.2 (73.7-84.6) 76.8 (71.9-81.6) 71.1 (66.0-76.2) 78.0 (74.2-81.7) 75.6 (70.4-80.7) 75.8 (73.6-78.0)
2005 74.9 (70.7-79.2) 78.8 (75.1-82.5) 73.0 (69.2-76.9) 77.1 (73.6-80.6) 70.6 (65.9-75.3) 74.9 (73.1-76.7)
2006 76.5 (71.6-81.3) 75.3 (70.6-80.0) 73.8 (69.2-78.4) 75.5 (71.4-79.5) 73.8 (69.1-78.5) 75.0 (72.9-77.0)
2007 73.2 (67.8-78.6) 73.7 (68.8-78.6) 70.7 (65.9-75.5) 75.3 (71.2-79.4) 72.5 (67.3-77.7) 72.8 (70.6-75.0)


Note: Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (3,278), 1998 (3,394), 2002 (3,416), 2003 (3,573), 2004 (2,585), 2005 (3,380), 2006 (2,382), 2007 (2,340). The indicator includes those aged 65 years and over who were vaccinated or immunised against influenza in the last 12 months. The question used to define the indicator was: Were you vaccinated or immunised against flu in the last 12 months?
Source: New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
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Produced by: Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 1 July 2008

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