Immunizations and American Indians/Alaska Natives

In 2005, American Indian/Alaska Native children received the recommended doses of vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, Hib, polio, and chicken pox at the same rate as non-Hispanic White children.

In 2005, American Indian/Alaska Native adults aged 18 to 64 years were slightly more likely than their non-Hispanic white counterparts to have received the influenza (flu) shot in the past 12 months.

At a glance – Adults (Hepatitis):

**Hepatitis B in adults, aged 19-24 years, and high risk groups (Cases per 100,000 population), 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
1.8	2.8	1.8	0.6

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-03a.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

**Hepatitis B in adults, aged 25-39 years, and high risk groups (Cases per 100,000 population), 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
7.0	6.6	5.2	1.1

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-03b.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

**Hepatitis B in adults, aged 40 years and older, and high risk groups (Cases per 100,000 population), 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
5.0	2.9	3.7	1.7

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-03c.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Adults (Influenza):

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 18 to 64 years who received the influenza (flu) shot in the past 12 months, 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
23%	21%	60%	1.1

Source: CDC 2006. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-29c.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and over who received the influenza (flu) shot in the past 12 months, 2004**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
76%	67%	90%	1.1

Source: CDC 2006. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-29a.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Adults (Pneumonia)

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and older who ever received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2004**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
44%	61%	90%	0.7

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-29b.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 18 to 64 years who ever received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
19%	18%	60%	1.1

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-29d.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Adolescents, aged 13 to 15 years old (Hepatitis):

Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 15 years who received 3 or more doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2003
Data not available

At a glance – Adolescents, aged 13 to 15 years old (Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR):

Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 15 years who received 2 or more doses of measles, mumps, rubella vaccination, 2003
Data not available

At a glance – Adolescents, aged 13 to 15 years old (Tetanus-Diphtheria Booster):

Percentage of adolescents aged 13 to 15 years who received 1 or more doses of the tetanus-diptheria booster, 2003
Data not available

At a glance – Children aged 19 to 35 months (DtaP):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DtaP) , 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
81%	87%	90%	0.9

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-22a.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Children aged 19 to 35 months (Hib):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) , 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91%	94%	90%	1.0

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-22b.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Children aged 19 to 35 months (Hepatitis B):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine, 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
92%	93%	90%	1.0

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 22c.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Children aged 19 to 35 months (MMR):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) , 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91%	91%	90%	1.0

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-22d.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Children aged 19 to 35 months (Polio):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses of polio, 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
88%	91%	90%	1.0

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-22e.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Children aged 19 to 35 months (Chicken Pox):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose varicella vaccine (chicken pox) , 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
85%	86%	90%	1.0

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-22f.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

At a glance – Children aged 19 to 35 months (Fully Immunized):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who are fully immunized , 2005**
American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
79%	82%	80%	1.0

Source: CDC 2007. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-24a.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

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