NHS Immunisation, 2010-11

This statistical release summarises information about the uptake of immunisation, primarily childhood immunisations, during the year ended 31 March 2011. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 1 September 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Of the children who reached their 1st birthday in the year ended 31 March 2011:
  - More than 95 per cent had been immunised against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, pertussis (whooping cough), haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), meningitis C and pneumococcal (PCV);
• Of the children who reached their 2nd birthday in the year ended 31 March 2011:
  - 97 per cent had been immunised against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, pertussis and Hib;
  - 96 per cent had been immunised against meningitis C; and
  - 91 per cent had been immunised against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR);
• Of the children who reached their 5th birthday in the year ended 31 March 2011:
  - 87 per cent had been immunised with the second dose against MMR;
• Uptake of 3 doses of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in 2009-10 school year 9 girls was 82 per cent, down from 85 per cent in the previous year;
• During autumn/winter 2010-11, 66 per cent of people aged 65 or over were immunised against influenza;
• During autumn/winter 2010-11, 48 per cent of people aged under 65 in ‘at risk’ groups were immunised against influenza, down from 49 per cent in 2009-10.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3598
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

September 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)