Data from NHS Digital revealed the proportion of children receiving the MMR vaccine by the age of two fell to 91.2% in England in 2017-18, from 91.6% the year before. The figures showed 87.2% of five-year-olds had received both MMR vaccines, well below the 95% recommended by the World Health Organization.I wondered how Australia compared, and it's pretty good:
In 2016-17, 93.5 per cent of Australian five year olds were fully immunised, this is up from from 92.9 per cent in 2015-16 and 90.0 per cent in 2011-12. The national target is 95 per cent.So for 5 year olds, we're a full 6% higher rate of immunisation.
A little surprisingly, it would seem that US rates of MMR vaccination for up to 35 months old kids is 91.9%. Close to the UK rate.
Still, Australia does vaccination pretty well.
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