Immunisation rates for Australian children 2014-15

Healthy communities: immunisation rates for children in 2014–15 has been published by the National Health Performance Authority. It shows the percentages of children who were fully immunised at ages 1, 2 and 5 years in Primary Health Networks as well as particular postcodes and reports on our children's immunisation status nationally.

This report provides a detailed summary related to our blog post last month linking to an interactive data site from the NHPA and shows that there are still a number of areas where immunisation rates remain "potentially too low to prevent the spread of diseases".  The North Coast of NSW has one of the lowest rates in Australia.