Immunisation Statistics 2015 report

03 February 2017

The first Immunisation Statistics report has been published by the Public Health Statistics Unit. This report is designed to provide a yearly update of immunisation uptake rates for children and adults in Jersey.

Immunisations of children for calendar year 2015 shows:

• uptake rates by 12 months of age for complete primary courses of immunisations against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whopping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) (the five-in-one vaccine), MenC and PCV remained high, with rates of 96 per cent or above
• by 12 months of age uptake of the vaccine against rotavirus, a common cause of severe diarrhoea in infants, was 95 per cent. This vaccine was introduced to the routine schedule in January 2014
• overall uptake rates by 24 months of age remained high but only the uptake rate for the five-in-one vaccine exceeded 95 per cent
• uptake rates of one dose of MMR by five years of age was 97 per cent. There was a decrease in uptake rates in 2015 for the Hib/MenC booster, DTaP/IPV booster and the second dose of MMR vaccine by five years of age compared to the previous year, 2014

Immunisations of teenagers for academic year 2015/2016 shows:

• 87 per cent of females in school Year 8 received two doses of the HPV vaccine, thereby completing the course. This latest figure was a slight decrease on the rate for the previous academic year 2014-2015
• the uptake rate for the Td/IPV booster was 91 per cent for pupils in school Year 9
• uptake of the newly introduced MenACWY vaccine was 94 per cent

Seasonal influenza immunisations winter 2015/2016 shows:

• 57 per cent of school children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 were vaccinated against seasonal flu
• half of patients aged 65 or over who were registered with a GP received a seasonal flu vaccination
• around 1 in 4 pre-school children aged 2 to 4 years (25 per cent), pregnant women (28 per cent) and those deemed at clinical risk aged 16 to 64 (26 per cent) also received a flu vaccination 

Immunisations of adults for calendar year 2015 (immunised up to 31 December 2015) shows:

• pneumococcal vaccine (PPV) coverage was 47 per cent amongst GP patients aged 65 years or over and was 59 per cent for those aged 75 or over

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