Immunisation Statistics 2017

Produced by the Public Health (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by Statistics Jersey and published on 21 Sep 2018
Prepared internally, no external cost

Summary

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

In 2017:

• uptake rates for 1 year olds of the 5-in-1 vaccine which protects children against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenza type B (DTaP/IPV/Hib), the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), the rotavirus vaccine and the infant meningitis B (MenB) vaccine were all above the WHO recommended target of 95%
  
• for 2 year olds, other than for the Hib/Meningitis C (MenC) vaccine (94%), the uptake rates for the 5-in-1 vaccine, the first dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) were all above the WHO target of 95%
  
• for 5 year olds, uptake rates for  the first dose of MMR and the Hib/MenC were above 95%; the 4-in-1 diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated polio vaccine (DTaP/IPV) uptake was 89%; the uptake rate for the full course of MMR (two doses) by 5 years old was 92%
  
• over four-fifths (85%) of eligible females (aged 12 to 13 years) received the full course of the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) 
  
• over half (56%) of 70 year olds received the shingles vaccine 
  
• around half (52%) of patients over 65 years of age and registered with a GP in Jersey received a vaccine against pneumococcal infections
  
• around half (53%) of 2 to 4 year olds received the seasonal flu vaccine (via nasal spray), an increase from 2016 (32%); also 59% of primary school aged children received the flu vaccine – the vast majority of these received it in their school
  
• uptake of the flu vaccine at GP surgeries in the at-risk working age group was 35% in the 2017/2018 winter season, an increase from 24% the previous season (2016/2017)
  
• over half (57%) of patients registered with a GP and aged 65 or over received a seasonal flu vaccination at their surgery; the WHO recommends that vaccine uptake for people aged 65 years and over should be 75%
  

Immunisation Statistics 2017