Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termOutput measure
Short name:Help on this termPI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015
METEOR identifier:Help on this term588989
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
  • Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017
Description:Help on this term

Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged:

  • 12 months to less than 24 months;
  • 24 months to less than 36 months;
  • 60 months to less than 72 months;

and who are 'fully immunised'.

Rationale:Help on this termImmunisation is highly effective in reducing morbidity and mortality caused by vaccine-preventable diseases.
Indicator set:Help on this termIndigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2015)
Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this term

Count of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged:

  • 12 months to less than 24 months;
  • 24 months to less than 36 months;
  • 60 months to less than 72 months;

and who are 'fully immunised'.

‘Regular client’ refers to a client of an OATSIH-funded primary health care service (that is required to report against the Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators) who has an active medical record; that is, a client who has attended the OATSIH-funded primary health care service at least 3 times in 2 years.

Presented as a number.

This indicator is calculated separately for each age milestone.

'Fully immunised' status is determined in accordance with the National Immunisation Program Schedule (DoH 2013). The childhood vaccinations essential to be considered 'fully immunised' include: 

  • DTPa (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis)
  • HiB (haemophilus influenzae type B)
  • Polio
  • Hep B (hepatitis B)
  • MMR (measles, mumps, rubella).

A child is considered 'fully immunised' if they have received the following vaccinations by the specified age milestones:

  • At 12 months: 3 doses DTPa; 3 doses Polio; 2 or 3 doses HiB; 2 or 3 doses Hep B
  • At 24 months: 3 doses DTPa; 3 doses Polio; 3 or 4 doses HiB; 3 doses Hep B; 1 dose MMR
  • At 60 months: 4 doses DTPa; 4 doses Polio; 2 doses MMR.
Computation:Help on this term

Numerator only.

Numerator:Help on this term

Calculation A: Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged 12 months to less than 24 months and who are 'fully immunised'.

Calculation B: Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged 24 months to less than 36 months and who are 'fully immunised'.

Calculation C: Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged 60 months to less than 72 months and who are 'fully immunised'.

Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Person—Indigenous status, code N

Data Source

Indigenous primary health care data collection

NMDS / DSS

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17

Data Element / Data Set

Person—age, total years N[NN]

Data Source

Indigenous primary health care data collection

NMDS / DSS

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17

Data Element / Data Set

Person—regular client indicator, yes/no code N

Data Source

Indigenous primary health care data collection

NMDS / DSS

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17

Data Element / Data Set

Child—fully immunised recorded indicator, yes/no code N

Data Source

Indigenous primary health care data collection

NMDS / DSS

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCount
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this termEffective/Appropriate/Efficient

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

Indigenous primary health care data collection

Frequency

6 monthly

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Department of Health

Reference documents:Help on this term

DoH (Australian Government Department of Health) 2013. National Immunisation Program Schedule. Canberra: DoH. Viewed 28 October 2014,

<http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/
Content/4CB920F0D49C61F1CA257B2600828523/$File/nips-oct2013.pdf
>.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2014
  • Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
  • Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015
Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
  • Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018
See also Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015
  • Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
  • Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017