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Table 4 Proportions of vaccine receipt and timeliness amongst eligible children

From: Immunisation timeliness in a cohort of urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Vaccine

Eligible childrena

N (%)

Total not received

N (%)

Total received

N (%)

No delay

N (%)

Early

N (%)

Delayed

N (%)

Median number of weeks delayed

Mdn (IQR)

PCV 1 (2 months)

126 (90.0)

1 (0.8)

125 (99.2)

99 (79.2)

1 (0.8)

25 (20.0)

9.1 (17.6-1.3)

PCV 2 (4 months)

120 (85.7)

7 (5.8)

113 (94.2)

72 (63.7)

0 (0.0)

41 (36.3)

7.4 (16.4-3.4)

PCV 3 (6 months)

105 (75.0)

13 (12.4)

92 (87.6)

54 (58.7)

1 (1.1)

37 (40.2)

10.4 (26.1-5.1)

DTP, polio & HepB 1 (2 months)

126 (90.0)

1 (0.8)

125 (99.2)

98 (78.4)

1 (0.8)

26 (20.8)

9.0 (18.0-1.3)

DTP, polio & HepB 2 (4 months)

120 (85.7)

7 (5.8)

113 (94.2)

72 (63.7)

0 (0.0)

41 (36.3)

7.4 (16.4-3.4)

DTP, polio & HepB 3 (6 months)

105 (75.0)

14 (13.3)

91 (86.7)

54 (59.3)

1 (1.1)

36 (39.6)

10.5 (24.9-3.9)

Hib 1 (2 months)

126 (90.0)

1 (0.8)

125 (99.2)

98 (78.4)

1 (0.8)

26 (20.8)

9.0 (18.0-1.3)

Hib 2 (4 months)

120 (85.7)

7 (5.8)

113 (94.2)

72 (63.7)

0 (0.0)

41 (36.3)

7.4 (16.4-3.4)

Hib 3 (6 months)

105 (75.0)

14 (13.3)

91 (86.7)

54 (59.3)

1 (1.1)

36 (39.6)

10.5 (24.9-3.9)

Rota 1 (2 months)

126 (90.0)

19 (15.1)

107 (84.9)

96 (89.7)

1 (0.9)

10 (9.3)

1.4 (12.7-1.0)

Rota 2 (4 months)

120 (85.7)

32 (26.7)

88 (73.3)

70 (79.5)

0 (0.0)

18 (20.5)

2.9 (5.9-1.0)

Rota 3 (6 months)

105 (75.0)

45 (42.9)

60 (57.1)

49 (81.7)

1 (1.7)

10 (16.7)

1.4 (2.3-0.7)

MMR (12 months)

85 (60.7)

3 (3.5)

82 (96.5)

38 (46.3)

0 (0.0)

44 (53.7)

7.4 (15.9-3.4)

MenC (12 months)

85 (60.7)

4 (4.7)

81 (95.3)

38 (44.7)

0 (0.0)

43 (50.6)

7.3 (15.0-3.4)

Hib 4 (12 months)

85 (60.7)

13 (15.3)

72 (84.7)

36 (50.0)

0 (0.0)

36 (50.0)

5.8 (10.7-3.1)

Varicella (18 months)

65 (46.4)

6 (9.2)

59 (90.8)

28 (47.5)

3 (5.1)

28 (47.5)

12.8 (42.3-2.9)

HepA (18 months)

65 (46.4)

15 (23.1)

50 (76.9)

13 (26.0)

1 (2.0)

36 (72.0)

19.2 (37.7-4.1)

  1. aEligibility for 2 month vaccines = child ≥ 3 months of age at enrolment, eligibility for 4 month vaccines = child ≥ 5 months of age at enrolment, eligibility for 6 month vaccines = child ≥ 7 months of age at enrolment, eligibility for 12 month vaccines = child ≥ 13 months of age at enrolment, eligibility for 18 month vaccines = child ≥ 19 months of age at enrolment