Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) statistics

Overview

The major functions of the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (the ACIR) are to:

• provide an accurate measure of the immunisation coverage of children in Australia under 7 years of age
• provide an effective management tool for monitoring immunisation coverage and service delivery.

A range of reports has been developed to inform the general public about the current operation of the ACIR and immunisation in Australia. Authorised immunisation providers can access detailed reports via the secured area of this site.

Coverage

The following ACIR coverage reports show the percentage of children vaccinated with highest level appropriate for their age group.

Percentage of children 12-<15 months of age (age calculated at 30 September 2009) assessed as fully immunised. Date of processing 31 December 2009.

State	Number of Children in State	% DTP	% Polio	% HIB	% Hep B	% MMR	% Fully Immunised
ACT	1,258	94.0	93.9	93.6	93.2	0.0	93.2
NSW	25,091	92.7	92.6	92.5	92.3	0.0	92.1
VIC	18,341	92.8	92.8	92.3	92.0	0.0	91.9
QLD	15,896	92.2	92.2	92.1	91.9	0.0	91.8
SA	5,083	92.0	92.0	91.6	91.5	0.0	91.3
WA	7,767	90.1	90.1	90.0	89.7	0.0	89.3
TAS	1,678	92.8	92.7	92.7	92.5	0.0	92.5
NT	974	89.8	89.7	92.8	89.7	0.0	88.0
AUS	76,088	92.3	92.2	92.1	91.8	0.0	91.6

Note: The HIB and Hep B rules where amended for the 12-<15 month as at 31 December 2009.

% Fully Immunised = No.children vaccinated/No. children in register x 100. Only vaccines administered before 12 months are included in the coverage calculation.

Percentage of children 24-<27 months of age (age calculated at 30 September 2009) assessed as fully immunised. Date of processing 31 December 2009.

State	Number of Children in State	% DTP	% Polio	% HIB	% Hep B	% MMR	% Fully Immunised
ACT	1,226	95.4	95.3	95.6	95.1	94.5	93.1
NSW	25,067	94.4	94.4	94.6	93.9	93.3	91.7
VIC	18,408	95.5	95.4	93.9	93.9	94.4	91.7
QLD	16,062	94.3	94.3	91.8	92.8	93.3	89.6
SA	5,066	95.3	95.3	91.4	93.8	94.3	89.5
WA	7,755	94.3	94.2	92.8	93.8	93.6	90.0
TAS	1,701	94.8	94.8	95.1	94.4	94.4	92.8
NT	911	94.3	94.3	92.2	93.6	94.2	90.7
AUS	76,196	94.7	94.7	93.4	93.7	93.7	91.0

Note: The HIB and Hep B rules where amended for the 24-<27 month as at 31 December 2009.

% Fully Immunised = No. children vaccinated/No. children in register x 100. Only vaccines administered before 24 months are included in the coverage calculation.

Percentage of children 60-<63 months of age (age calculated at 30 September 2009) assessed as fully immunised. Date of processing 31 December 2009.

State	Number of Children in State	% DTP	% Polio	% HIB	% Hep B	% MMR	% Fully Immunised
ACT	1,117	86.2	85.9	0.0	0.0	85.9	85.5
NSW	23,003	81.4	81.3	0.0	0.0	81.2	80.7
VIC	16,857	86.8	86.8	0.0	0.0	86.5	86.2
QLD	14,487	83.1	83.0	0.0	0.0	83.0	82.2
SA	4,524	81.1	81.2	0.0	0.0	80.9	80.5
WA	7,029	82.1	81.9	0.0	0.0	81.5	80.9
TAS	1,571	87.4	87.3	0.0	0.0	87.1	86.2
NT	817	82.3	82.1	0.0	0.0	82.0	81.2
AUS	69,405	83.3	83.2	0.0	0.0	83.1	82.6

% Fully Immunised = No. children vaccinated/No. Children in register x 100. Only vaccines administered before 60 months are included in the coverage calculation.

Note: As at 31 March 2008, National Immunisation Coverage is no longer produced for the 72-<75 month age cohort. This has been replaced by the 60-<63 month age cohort, as requested by the Department of Health and Ageing.

Coverage Graphs

The Immunisation Coverage graph [PDF, 13Kb] shows a comparison of standard national immunisation coverage for each age group (12-<15 months, 24-<27 months, and 60-<63 months) at a National and State/Territory level.

Disclaimer: view the Medicare Australia statistical information disclaimer.

Child Registration

This table identifies the number of children registered on the Immunisation register under 7 years of age within each State and Territory. The figures represent the total base population of the Immunisation register as at 31 December 2009.

 State of child

Agegroup	ACT	NSW	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	NT	UNK	AUS
< 3 Months	839	16,881	10,887	3,513	1,238	12,299	5,193	978	378	52,206
3-4 Months	868	16,278	10,203	3,236	1,100	12,068	5,083	638	445	49,919
5-6 Months	877	16,422	10,563	3,387	1,046	12,166	5,096	692	309	50,558
7-8 Months	834	16,332	10,771	3,230	1,090	11,836	5,297	719	278	50,387
9-11 Months	1,160	24,182	15,801	4,957	1,566	17,752	7,743	1,012	447	74,620
12-17 Months	2,573	50,448	31,499	10,070	3,380	36,762	15,356	1,876	1,571	153,535
18-23 Months	2,334	48,140	31,294	9,746	3,164	35,242	15,793	1,934	3,037	150,684
2 Years < 3 Years	4,819	99,138	62,737	19,873	6,490	72,467	31,123	3,812	5,145	305,604
3 Years < 4 Years	4,867	96,157	60,549	19,123	6,406	70,963	30,627	3,666	5,604	297,962
4 Years < 5 Years	4,661	94,087	60,593	18,641	6,241	68,282	29,479	3,637	5,055	290,676
5 Years < 6 Years	4,467	88,942	56,522	18,073	5,828	65,876	28,180	3,349	6,422	277,659
>=6 Years	4,397	90,064	56,744	18,336	5,871	66,043	27,690	3,524	5,892	278,561
Total	32,696	657,071	418,163	132,185	43,420	481,756	206,660	25,837	34,583	2,032,371

Vaccines

This table identifies the percentage of valid vaccinations administered to children under 7 years of age within Australia as at 31 December 2009.

To determine which services have been provided age appropriately, this table should be read in conjunction with the appropriate immunisation schedule.

• Immunisation Schedule
• Vaccinations administered [PDF, 312Kb]

Provider

Identifies the number of valid vaccinations supplied to the Immunisation register by the type and State or Territory of the immunising provider. This information is current as at 31 December 2009.

State of Immunising Provider

	ACT	NSW	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	NT	UNK	All
Provider Type	.	24	3	287	.	156	15	13	.	498
Division Of GP
Council	.	987,119	772,108	704,919	145,495	6,204,252	330,442	.	.	9,144,335
State Health Dept	164,396	3	1,311	2,990	717	.	332,671	2,629	.	504,717
Flying Doctor Service	.	3,850	32,099	4,108	.	.	488	.	.	40,545
Medicare GP	377,256	14,654,798	5,728,806	2,404,883	1,051,214	7,055,848	3,363,250	37,293	.	34,673,348
General Practice	.	114,913	3,329,517	212,210	1,278	231,879	49,684	.	.	3,939,481
Community Nurse	72	.	.	.	.	475	.	.	.	547
Public Hospital	6,878	345,834	326,491	95,964	2,307	75,104	208,410	65,626	4,093	1,130,707
Private Hospital	41	14,530	1,966	.	105	108	70	8,038	.	24,858
Aboriginal Health Service	1,491	84,914	70,770	17,743	12	17,404	31,088	91,039	.	314,461
Community Health Centre	338,292	1,294,725	636,202	340,953	6,358	94,751	981,429	669,449	2,002	4,364,161
Aboriginal Health Worker	.	5,697	50,205	1,594	.	.	.	1,992	.	59,488
UNKNOWN	.	.	.	.	.	1,602	.	.	.	1,602
Public Health Unit	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
Total	888,426	17,506,407	10,949,479	3,785,651	1,207,486	13,681,579	5,297,547	876,079	6,095	54,198,749

Identifies the percentage of valid vaccinations supplied to the Immunisation register by the type and State or Territory of the immunising provider. This information is current as at 31 December 2009.

State of Immunising Provider

	ACT	NSW	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	NT	UNK	All
Provider Type	.	0.00	0.00	0.01	.	0.00	0.00	0.00	.	0.00
Division of GP
Council	.	5.64	7.05	18.62	12.05	45.35	6.24	.	.	16.87
State Health Dept	18.50	0.00	0.01	0.08	0.06	.	6.28	0.30	.	0.93
Flying Doctor Service	.	0.02	0.29	0.11	.	.	0.01	.	.	0.07
Medicare GP	42.46	83.71	52.32	63.53	87.06	51.57	63.49	4.26	.	63.97
General Practice	.	0.66	30.41	5.61	0.11	1.69	0.94	.	.	7.27
Community Nurse	0.01	.	.	.	.	0.00	.	.	.	0.00
Public Hospital	0.77	1.98	2.98	2.53	0.19	0.55	3.93	7.49	67.15	2.09
Private Hospital	0.00	0.08	0.02	.	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.92	.	0.05
Aboriginal Health Service	0.17	0.49	0.65	0.47	0.00	0.13	0.59	10.39	.	0.58
Community Health Centre	38.08	7.40	5.81	9.01	0.53	0.69	18.53	76.41	32.85	8.05
Aboriginal Health Worker	.	0.03	0.46	0.04	.	.	.	0.23	.	0.11
UNKNOWN	.	.	.	.	.	0.01	.	.	.	0.00
Public Health Unit	.	.	0.00	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

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Last updated: 28 January, 2010