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National Healthcare Agreement: P09-Immunisation rates for vaccines in the national schedule, 2010

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Definition

Proportion of children fully vaccinated and proportion of older adults vaccinated against specific infections.

Indicator Summary

Numerator
Children: Number of children aged 5 years who have been fully vaccinated according to the National Immunisation Program Schedule
Adults: Number of Indigenous Australians aged 50 years or over, and non-Indigenous Australians aged 65 years or over, who have been vaccinated for influenza and pneumococcal disease
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Denominator
Children: Number of children aged 60-63 months on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
Adults: Population of Indigenous Australians aged 50 years or over, and non-Indigenous Australians aged 65 years or over
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Computation
Reported by each disease vaccinated against.

Fully vaccinated 5 year old children: Children aged 60–63 months vaccinated against Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B, Polio, Pneumococcal disease, rotavirus, measles, mumps, rubella, meningococcal C, and varicella.

For Indigenous children, 'fully vaccinated' is defined as all vaccinated against all the conditions listed above, plus Hepatitis A.
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Disaggregation
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Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Description
Reported by each disease vaccinated against.

Fully vaccinated 5 year old children: Children aged 60–63 months vaccinated against Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B, Polio, Pneumococcal disease, rotavirus, measles, mumps, rubella, meningococcal C, and varicella.

For Indigenous children, 'fully vaccinated' is defined as all vaccinated against all the conditions listed above, plus Hepatitis A.
Numerators
Children: Number of children aged 5 years who have been fully vaccinated according to the National Immunisation Program Schedule
Adults: Number of Indigenous Australians aged 50 years or over, and non-Indigenous Australians aged 65 years or over, who have been vaccinated for influenza and pneumococcal disease
Denominators
Children: Number of children aged 60-63 months on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
Adults: Population of Indigenous Australians aged 50 years or over, and non-Indigenous Australians aged 65 years or over

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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