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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children under the age of five years received immunisation against (a) polio, (b) pertussis, (c) tetanus, (d) diphtheria and (e) MMR in (i) the last year for which figures are available, (ii) the previous 12 months and (iii) 1996. [97811] Ms Blears: Information about coverage rates for children who have completed primary immunisation courses against polio, pertussis, tetanus and diphtheria by their first and second birthday and MMR by their second birthday for the years 1996-97, 2000-01 and 2001-02 are shown in table 1. Information about booster and second MMR immunisations by age five is shown in table 2. Table 1: Completed primary courses: percentage of children immunised by their first birthday and second birthday _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of children Year Thousands Diphtheria Tetanus Polio Pertussis MMR 1 Year of first birthday 1996-97 609 93 93 93 92 -- 2000-01 578 91 91 91 90 -- 2001-02 556 91 91 91 90 -- Year of second birthday 1996-97 620 96 96 96 94 92 2000-01 592 94 95 94 94 87 2001-02 573 94 94 94 93 84 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Immunisation is recommended between 12 and 15 months of age Source: Department of Health, Statistics Division SD3G, Cover data Table 2: Percentage of children immunised by their 5th birthday _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio Pertussis MMR Year Number of Primary Primary and Primary First dose First and second children age booster dose five1 1996-972 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2000-01 616 94 80 92 92 75 2001-02 608 94 71 93 91 74 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Thousands 2 Information about uptake age five was collected for the first time in 1999-2000 Source: Department of Health, Statistics Division SD3G Cover data

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

97811; 400 c714W;400 c706W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Children Infectious diseases Vaccination Whooping cough MMR vaccine Tetanus Polio Diphtheria

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