title: NSW annual immunisation coverage report, 2011.
abstract: This annual report, the third in the series, documents trends in immunisation coverage in NSW for children, adolescents and the elderly, to the end of 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, the NSW School Immunisation Program and the NSW Population Health Survey were used to calculate various measures of population coverage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During 2011, greater than 90% coverage was maintained for children at 12 and 24 months of age. For children at 5 years of age the improvement seen in 2010 was sustained, with coverage at or near 90%. For adolescents, there was improved coverage for all doses of human papillomavirus vaccine, both doses of hepatitis B vaccine, varicella vaccine and the dose of diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis given to school attendees in Years 7 and 10. Pneumococcal vaccination coverage in the elderly has been steadily rising, although it has remained lower than the influenza coverage estimates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report provides trends in immunisation coverage in NSW across the age spectrum. The inclusion of coverage estimates for the pneumococcal conjugate, varicella and meningococcal C vaccines in the official coverage assessments for 'fully immunised' in 2013 is a welcome initiative.
authors: National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead. brynley.hull@health.nsw.gov.au
authors: Brynley
authors: B
authors: Hull
authors: Aditi
authors: A
authors: Dey
authors: Sue
authors: S
authors: Campbell-Lloyd
authors: Robert I
authors: RI
authors: Menzies
authors: Peter B
authors: PB
authors: McIntyre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007223:Infant; D009517:New South Wales; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012572:School Health Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D014611:Vaccination / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines