Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017 |
| METEOR identifier: | 663921 |
| Registration status: |
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| Description: | Proportion of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged:
and who are 'fully immunised'. |
| Rationale: | Immunisation is highly effective in reducing morbidity and mortality caused by vaccine-preventable diseases. |
| Indicator set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2015-2017) Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Proportion of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged:
and who are 'fully immunised'. ‘Regular client’ refers to a client of an Australian Government Department of Health-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 Department of Health-funded primary health care service at least 3 times in 2 years. Presented as a percentage. 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:
A child is considered 'fully immunised' if they have received the following vaccinations by the specified age milestones:
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| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
| Numerator: | 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: | |
| Denominator: | Calculation A: Total number of Indigenous children who are regular clients and aged 12 months to less than 24 months. Calculation B: Total number of Indigenous children who are regular clients and aged 24 months to less than 36 months. Calculation C: Total number of Indigenous children who are regular clients and aged 60 months to less than 72 months. |
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Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Proportion |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Person |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
| Framework and dimensions: | Effective/Appropriate/Efficient |
Data source attributes | |
| Data sources: | Indigenous primary health care data collection Frequency 6 monthly Data custodian Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australian Government Department of Health |
| Reference documents: | DoH (Australian Government Department of Health) 2013. National Immunisation Program Schedule. Canberra: DoH. Viewed 9 February 2017, |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017
Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015
Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017
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