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  1. Percentage of children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age by local health district
  2. Percentage of children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age by local health district
  3. Percentage of children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age by local health district
  4. Percentage of Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age by local health district
  5. Percentage of Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age by local health district
  6. Percentage of Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age by local health district
  7. Percentage of non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age by local health district
  8. Percentage of non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age by local health district
  9. Percentage of non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age by local health district

Source: Australian Immunisation Register.

Current definitions of fully immunised:

  • 1 year: Fully immunised at 1 year means that a child aged 12 months to less than 15 months received their third vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and hepatitis B, either their second or third pneumococcal vaccination and either their second or third vaccination for Haemophilus influenzae type b (dependent on the type of vaccine used), all prior to the age of 1 year. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.
  • 2 years: Fully immunised at 2 years means that a child aged 24 to less than 27 months received their fourth vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, their third or fourth dose of Haemophilus influenzae type b (depending on the vaccine used), their third vaccination for polio, hepatitis B and pneumococcal disease, their second vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella, and their first vaccination for meningococcal C and varicella, all prior to the age of 2 years. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.
  • 5 years: Fully immunised at 5 years means that a child aged 60 to less than 63 months received their fourth or fifth vaccination (dependent on the type of vaccine used) for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough and their fourth vaccination for polio, all prior to the age of 5 years. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.
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Percentage of children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019​
Central Coast 95.1 95.7 96.0 96.9
Far West* 98.9 97.3 96.0 97.6
Hunter New England 96.2 94.9 95.5 95.9
Illawarra Shoalhaven 94.8 95.7 95.2 94.7
Mid North Coast 92.7 92.4 93.3 90.9
Murrumbidgee 96.7 95.8 95.9 95.8
Nepean Blue Mountains 93.8 94.3 95.8
 94.9
Northern NSW 87.9 88.4 87.7 87.9
Northern Sydney 94.0 93.6 95.6 94.5
South Eastern Sydney 93.6 93.0 94.3 94.4
South Western Sydney 93.4 93.2 93.3 93.1
Southern NSW 95.3 96.8 93.1 95.3
Sydney 93.9 93.0 94.2 94.1
Western NSW 96.3 96.2 96.7 96.6
Western Sydney 93.4 93.3 94.3 93.8
NSW 94.1 93.8 94.5 94.3
Australia 94.3 94.1 94.5 94.4

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Percentage of children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019
Central Coast 93.2 93.1 94.4 92.6
Far West* 95.7 94.9 94.8 94.9
Hunter New England 92.8 93.8 93.3 93.6
Illawarra Shoalhaven 93.1 93.1 92.8 91.8
Mid North Coast 90.3 91.7 90.6 91.0
Murrumbidgee 93.3 92.6 94.4 93.9
Nepean Blue Mountains 91.0 92.3 91.8 94.0
Northern NSW 85.2 86.1 87.4 83.4
Northern Sydney 91.2 91.6 90.8 91.8
South Eastern Sydney 89.6 91.1 91.0 90.2
South Western Sydney 90.3 90.1 90.9 90.4
Southern NSW 95.2 91.7 94.0 92.5
Sydney 90.1 89.7 91.5 90.9
Western NSW 93.6 93.8 93.7 94.7
Western Sydney 89.1 90.2 90.1 89.8
NSW 90.9 91.4 91.5 91.3
Australia 91.5 91.5 91.6 91.7

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Percentage of children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019
Central Coast 96.1 96.7 95.6 96.2
Far West* 100.0 98.8 97.9 97.2
Hunter New England 97.1 96.9 96.3 96.6
Illawarra Shoalhaven 97.4 96.3 96.4 96.6
Mid North Coast 94.0 91.7 93.7 93.9
Murrumbidgee 96.5 96.3 95.6 95.6
Nepean Blue Mountains 96.3 96.1 95.5 96.2
Northern NSW 90.2 92.4 90.0 91.2
Northern Sydney 93.4 93.2 93.5 93.4
South Eastern Sydney 92.2 92.9 92.2 92.9
South Western Sydney 95.5 95.5

95.1

 94.6
Southern NSW 95.9 95.5 93.7 95.7
Sydney 92.4 92.0 92.9 91.7
Western NSW 97.4 96.7 97.2 97.7
Western Sydney 94.2 94.8 94.8 94.7
NSW 94.8 94.8 94.5 94.7
Australia 95.0 94.9 94.7 94.5

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Percentage of Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019
Central Coast* 94.2 98.7 98.9 92.6
Far West* 100.0 91.7 95.8 93.3
Hunter New England 96.3 92.5 95.7 95.7
Illawarra Shoalhaven 90.1 95.6 94.1 94.6
Mid North Coast* 92.0

93.7

 98.1 89.5
Murrumbidgee 94.9 96.3 98.1 95.2
Nepean Blue Mountains* 97.6 92.8 95.8 95.8
Northern NSW* 90.7 87.6 91.0 88.2
Northern Sydney* 92.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
South Eastern Sydney* 100.0 96.0 95.1 95.7
South Western Sydney 89.9 95.3 91.7 94.9
Southern NSW* 92.3 100.0 91.5 98.1
Sydney* 95.2 89.9 91.2 94.4
Western NSW 97.2 96.5 93.3 93.4
Western Sydney* 92.8 94.8 95.4 90.0
NSW 94.4 94.3 95.0 93.9
Australia 92.2 92.1 93.4

92.7

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Percentage of Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019
Central Coast* 95.3 93.1 95.8 92.3
Far West* 95.2 100.0 91.3 91.7
Hunter New England 90.7 92.1 91.9 93.2
Illawarra Shoalhaven* 91.2 93.9 94.5 93.9
Mid North Coast* 87.5 92.0 89.0 93.0
Murrumbidgee* 93.5 93.5 93.2 97.0
Nepean Blue Mountains* 89.4 93.7 90.9 95.5
Northern NSW* 91.9 88.4 88.1 89.5
Northern Sydney* 87.5 100.0 90.9 84.6
South Eastern Sydney* 90.8 88.2 81.4 95.0
South Western Sydney* 88.8 86.9 90.1 93.6
Southern NSW* 100.0 93.3 81.1 94.0
Sydney* 92.0 97.2 95.2 87.5
Western NSW 90.8 89.3 92.7 92.5
Western Sydney* 85.9 95.8 89.6 94.4
NSW 90.9 91.9 91.1 93.3
Australia 89.7 90.0 90.1 89.9

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Percentage of Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019
Central Coast* 98.7 98.6 97.2 96.9
Far West* 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.2
Hunter New England 99.4 97.3 98.5 97.3
Illawarra Shoalhaven* 100.0 97.5 98.7 98.8
Mid North Coast* 99.0 97.5 98.8 98.7
Murrumbidgee* 96.9 100.0 96.8 98.8
Nepean Blue Mountains* 96.8 98.6 97.5 98.7
Northern NSW* 97.0 97.0 94.7 97.3
Northern Sydney* 100.0 100.0 70.0 90.0
South Eastern Sydney* 93.2 100.0 96.4 100.0
South Western Sydney* 97.8 97.5 95.3 92.5
Southern NSW* 95.0 100.0 97.8 100.0
Sydney* 96.6 100.0 100.0 94.1
Western NSW 99.4 97.9 99.5 98.3
Western Sydney* 97.8 98.8 936. 100.0
NSW 98.3 98.1 97.4 97.7
Australia 96.9 97.3 97.3 96.1

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Percentage of non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019
Central Coast 95.1 95.5 95.8 97.3
Far West* 98.6 98.4 96.0 98.5
Hunter New England 96.2 95.3 95.5 95.9
Illawarra Shoalhaven 95.3 95.7 95.4 94.7
Mid North Coast 92.9 92.1 92.2 91.2
Murrumbidgee 96.9 95.7 95.6 95.8
Nepean Blue Mountains 93.5 94.4 95.8 94.8
Northern NSW 87.4 88.5 87.2 87.8
Northern Sydney 94.0 93.5 95.6 94.5
South Eastern Sydney 93.5 93.0 94.2 94.3
South Western Sydney 93.5 93.1 93.4 93.0
Southern NSW 95.6 96.5 93.3 94.9
Sydney 93.9 93.1 94.2 94.1
Western NSW 96.0 96.1 97.7 97.4
Western Sydney 93.4 93.3 94.3 93.9
NSW 94.1 93.8 94.5 94.3
Australia 94.4 94.2 94.6 94.5

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Percentage of non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019
Central Coast 93.0 93.1 94.3 92.6
Far West* 95.8 94.1 95.9 95.7
Hunter New England 93.1 94.0 93.6 93.6
Illawarra Shoalhaven 93.3 93.1 92.7 91.6
Mid North Coast 90.8 91.6 90.8 90.6
Murrumbidgee 93.3 92.5 94.5 93.6
Nepean Blue Mountains 91.1 92.2 91.9 93.9
Northern NSW 84.3 85.9 87.3 82.7
Northern Sydney 91.2 91.6 90.8 91.8
South Eastern Sydney 89.6 91.1 90.8 90.1
South Western Sydney 90.4 90.2 91.0 90.3
Southern NSW 94.8 91.5 95.0 92.3
Sydney 90.0 89.7 91.0 90.9
Western NSW 94.4 95.1 94.0 95.3
Western Sydney 89.2 90.0 90.1 89.7
NSW 90.9 91.3 91.5 91.2
Australia 91.6 91.6 91.7 91.8

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Percentage of non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age by local health district

Local health district March 2019 June 2019 September 2019 December 2019
Central Coast 95.9 96.6 95.4 96.1
Far West* 100.0 98.5 97.4 97.7
Hunter New England 96.8 96.8 96.0 96.5
Illawarra Shoalhaven 97.3 96.2 96.2 96.4
Mid North Coast 93.2 90.8 92.9 93.2
Murrumbidgee 96.4 96.0 95.4 95.3
Nepean Blue Mountains 96.3 96.0 95.4 96.0
Northern NSW 89.4 92.0 89.5 90.6
Northern Sydney 93.4 93.1 93.6 93.4
South Eastern Sydney 92.2 92.8 92.1 92.9
South Western Sydney 95.4 95.5 95.1 94.6
Southern NSW 96.0 95.2 93.3 95.4
Sydney 92.4 92.0 92.5 91.6
Western NSW 96.9 96.4 96.7 97.5
Western Sydney 94.1 94.7 94.9 94.6
NSW 94.6 94.6 94.4 94.5
Australia 94.9 94.8 94.6 94.4

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

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Current as at: Wednesday 9 September 2020
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