National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Immunisation rates for vaccines in the national schedule, 2012

Collection and usage attributes

Fully vaccinated 5 year old children: Children aged 60—63 months vaccinated against diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps and rubella.

Adults vaccinated for influenza and pneumococcal disease.

Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person.

Adults: Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Presented as a percentage.

100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Calculated separately for children, Indigenous Australians aged 50 years or over, and non-Indigenous Australians aged 65 years or over.

Children: Number of children who turned five between 1 January and 31 March and who have been recorded as fully vaccinated on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register by 30 June.

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.

Children: Number of children who turned five between 1 January and 31 March registered 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.

As at 30 June 2011—Nationally (children) by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles

As at 30 June 2011—State and territory (children) by:

• Indigenous status
• remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
• SEIFA IRSD quintiles

Nationally (adults) by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles (no new data)

State and territory (adults) by:

• remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure) 
• SEIFA IRSD quintiles (no new data)

State and territory (adults) by Indigenous status (no new data)

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

Most recent data available for 2012 CRC report:

Children: vaccination status as at 30 June 2011
Adults: 2009
Indigenous adults: 2004–05

Representational attributes

Indicator conceptual framework

Data source attributes

Accountability attributes

National Partnership Agreement on Essential Vaccines (NPEV):

• Maintaining or increasing coverage for Indigenous Australians.
• Maintaining or increasing coverage in agreed areas of low immunisation coverage.
• Maintaining or decreasing wastage and leakage.
• Maintaining or increasing vaccination coverage for four year olds. 

Also see Schedule G of the NPEV for targets that may be used to monitor and assess the achievement of objectives and outcomes for immunisation under the National Healthcare Agreement

Relational attributes