Table 1 Vaccination rates within each at-risk target group according to socio-economic enablers
Risk groupa | Vaccinated | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Card only | Dual cover | Private Health Insurance only | No additional cover | |||||
n | % (95% CI)b | n | % (95% CI)b | n | % (95% CI)b | n | % (95% CI)b | |
Age ≥65 yearsc | 1165 | 78.7 (76–81) | 889 | 79.5 (77–82) | 448 | 59.0 (55–63) | 61 | 45.6 (37–55) |
Chronic Heart Disease | ||||||||
Angina | 195 | 80.3 (75–85) | 98 | 85.7 (77–91) | 43 | 54.0 (42–65) | 6 | 37.0 (16–64) |
Heart Attack | 155 | 81.4 (75–86) | 80 | 83.8 (74–90) | 43 | 54.3 (43–65) | 9 | 47.8 (27–69) |
Congestive heart failure | 35 | 90.3 (76–96) | 23 | 86.6 (66–96) | 12 | 71.4 (45–88) | 3 | 61.8 (19–92) |
Abnormal heart rhythm | 169 | 76.5 (70–82) | 116 | 77.5 (70–84) | 102 | 54.3 (46–62) | 11 | 32.1 (19–49) |
Other heart trouble | 80 | 78.8 (69–86) | 62 | 79.9 (68–88) | 61 | 59.2 (48–69) | 8 | 40.8 (23–61) |
Chronic lung disease | ||||||||
Chronic lung disease | 131 | 79.1 (72–85) | 60 | 88.1 (78–94) | 51 | 71.5 (59–81) | 18 | 68.2 (47–84) |
Asthma | 204 | 70.8 (65–76) | 117 | 92.5 (86–96) | 147 | 51.3 (45–58) | 32 | 51.1 (38–64) |
Diabetes | 242 | 83.4 (78–87) | 114 | 87.1 (80–92) | 105 | 60.4 (53–68) | 27 | 63.2 (47–77) |
Chronic neurological disease | ||||||||
Parkinson’s disease | 16 | 94.6 (68–99) | 11 | 100 | 6 | 44.7 (16–77) | 1 | 42.3 (49–91) |
Stroke | 52 | 73.0 (60–83) | 28 | 67.9 (51–81) | 9 | 42.5 (22–66) | 1 | 39.0 (5–89) |
TIA | 68 | 81.7 (71–89) | 37 | 91.2 (79–97) | 24 | 55.6 (39–71) | 2 | 25.6 (5–60) |
Chronic liver disease | 13 | 62.4 (40–81) | 7 | 67.5 (35–89) | 7 | 54.0 (25–80) | 0 | 0 |
BMI ≥40 kg/m2 | 44 | 67.0 (54–78) | 16 | 80.7 (56–93) | 18 | 38.2 (25–53) | 8 | 51.5 (28–74) |
Carer (in receipt of state allowance) | 36 | 46.6 (35–58) | 11 | 58.9 (35–79) | 4 | 26.0 (10–54) | 3 | 20.3 (6–52) |
No risk factor | 124 | 29.1 (25–34) | 68 | 40.3 (32–49) | 402 | 24.2 (22–27) | 65 | 17.4 (14–22) |
Burden of Chronic Illness | ||||||||
None | 157 | 41.3 (36–47) | 92 | 50.5 (42–59) | 174 | 20.4 (18–23) | 36 | 13.3 (9–18) |
High risk condition | 835 | 75.6 (73–78) | 481 | 83.1 (79–86) | 425 | 52.2 (48–56) | 86 | 45.3 (38–53) |
Other Chronic illness | 464 | 61.6 (58–65) | 333 | 67.5 (63–72) | 393 | 37.3 (34–41) | 51 | 23.9 (18–31) |
Cardiovascular risk factor | 186 | 52.5 (47–58) | 121 | 66.3 (58–74) | 211 | 29.2 (26–33) | 43 | 25.3 (19–33) |
Fair/poor self-rated health | 711 | 73.0 (70–76) | 276 | 77.4 (73–82) | 195 | 48.1 (43–53) | 66 | 40.3 (33–48) |
Total | 1645 | 63.2 (61–65) | 1030 | 71.6 (69–74) | 1205 | 34.7 (33–37) | 217 | 25.5 (22–29) |