Notes on the data: Child and youth health

Children fully immunised at 1 year of age, 2 years of age and 5 years of age, 2021 calendar year

 

Policy context:  Immunisation coverage among Australian children is a significant public health issue. If a sufficiently large proportion of children are immunised against a particular infectious disease, then the potential for that disease to spread in the community is greatly reduced. Another important implication of immunisation is the decrease in human suffering, disability and cost of health care through preventing an infectious disease and its consequences.

Australia has an aspirational target of 95% childhood immunisation coverage due to measles needing 92% to 94% of children to be immunised to achieve herd immunity [1].

Reference:

  1. Department of Health (DoH) 2016. Immunisation coverage targets. Canberra: DoH. Last accessed 15 May 2023, https://www.health.gov.au/news/immunisation-coverage-targets

Notes:  The data presented are of children on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) who are fully immunised at 1 year of age (a child aged 12 months to less than 15 months), 2 years of age (a child aged 24 to less than 27 months) and 5 years of age (a child aged 60 to less than 63 months).

The definitions of fully immunised are shown on the National Immunisation Program Schedule, which is available at https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/national-immunisation-program-schedule.

Data are not shown for areas where there were fewer than than six children immunised.

 

Geography:  Data available by Population Health Area, Local Government Area, Primary Health Network, Quintile of socioeconomic disadvantage of area and Quintiles within PHNs, and Remoteness Area

 

Numerator:  Children fully immunised at 1 year of age, 2 years of age and 5 years of age

 

Denominator:  Children on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) at 1 year of age, 2 years of age and 5 years of age

 

Detail of analysis:  Per cent

 

Source:  Compiled by PHIDU based on data from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, 2021 calendar year.

 

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