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Immunisation report 2018

Produced by the Public Health (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by Statistics Jersey and published on 11 Jul 2019
Prepared internally, no external cost

Summary

​This report provides the annual update for immunisation rates for children and adults in Jersey

In 2018:

  • uptake for 1 year olds of the following were at or above the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended national target of 95%
    • 6-in-1 vaccine (96%) which protects children against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenza type B and hepatitis B (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)
    • pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) (96%)
    • infant meningitis B (MenB) vaccine (95%)
  • uptake for 2 year olds of the following were at or above the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended national target of 95%
    • 5-in-1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib) vaccine (98%)
    • first dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) (96%)
    • Haemophilus influenza type B/Meningitis C (Hib/MenC) vaccine (96%)
    • pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) (96%)
    • infant meningitis B (MenB) vaccine (96%); uptake of the MenB booster vaccine by 24 months is reported for the first time this year
  • for 5 year olds, uptake for the first dose of MMR (97%) and the Hib/MenC (95%) were at or above the 95% WHO recommendation; the 4-in-1 diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated polio vaccine (DTaP/IPV) uptake was 94%; the uptake for the full course of MMR (two doses) by 5 years old was 93%
  • 80% of eligible females (aged 12 to 13 years) received the full course of the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV)
  • over half (55%) of the birth cohort who became eligible on their 70th birthday received the shingles vaccine, a significantly higher proportion compared to England, Scotland and Wales

Immunisation Report 2018


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