Percentage of children fully immunised by age group, local health district and Aboriginal status for the year 2020

Quarterly data on the percentage of children in NSW fully immunised by age, Aboriginality and local health district in 2020

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1. All children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age
2. All children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age
3. All children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age
4. Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age
5. Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age
6. Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age
7. Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age
8. Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age
9. Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

Source: Australian Immunisation Register.

Current definitions of fully immunised:

• 1 year: Fully immunised at 1 year means that a child aged 12 months to less than 15 months received their third vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and hepatitis B, either their second or third pneumococcal vaccination and either their second or third vaccination for Haemophilus influenzae type b (dependent on the type of vaccine used), all prior to the age of 1 year. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.
• 2 years: Fully immunised at 2 years means that a child aged 24 to less than 27 months received their fourth vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, their third or fourth dose of Haemophilus influenzae type b (depending on the vaccine used), their third vaccination for polio, hepatitis B and pneumococcal disease, their second vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella, and their first vaccination for meningococcal C and varicella, all prior to the age of 2 years. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.
• 5 years: Fully immunised at 5 years means that a child aged 60 to less than 63 months received their fourth or fifth vaccination (dependent on the type of vaccine used) for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough and their fourth vaccination for polio, all prior to the age of 5 years. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.

Data are also available for

• Children fully immunised by local health district 2017
• Children fully immunised by local health district 2018
• Children fully immunised by local health district 2019

All children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

All children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

All children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

^*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.