Assessment of Ethnic Inequities and Subpopulation Estimates in COVID-19 Vaccination in New Zealand

Andrew Anglemyer; Corina Grey; Collin Tukuitonga; Andrew Sporle; Gerard J B Sonder

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17653

Assessment of Ethnic Inequities and Subpopulation Estimates in COVID-19 Vaccination in New Zealand

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2217653. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17653.

Authors

Andrew Anglemyer^{1

2}, Corina Grey³, Collin Tukuitonga⁴, Andrew Sporle⁵, Gerard J B Sonder^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
² Health Intelligence Team, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Wellington, New Zealand.
³ Vaka Tautua, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁴ Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁵ Statistics Department, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study investigates the outcomes of different population estimate methodologies on relative gaps in COVID-19 vaccination between ethnic groups and the resulting population risk among people in New Zealand.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Vaccines*
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Ethnicity
Humans
New Zealand / epidemiology
Vaccination

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines