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2. Following user feedback, we have changed the title of this publication from 'NHS Immunisations Statistics, England' to 'Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics, England'as this more accurately reflects the content within the report. The publication has featured data on childhood vaccinations only, since the adult flu data were last published as part of it in 2014-15. The statistics show the number of children vaccinated as a proportion of the eligible population (coverage), and are derived from information collected by Public Health England through the Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER) and Seasonal Influenza programmes.
3. Coverage data supplied at:
12 months:
· Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and Haemophilus influenza type B vaccine (DTaP/IPV/Hib - commonly known as the "5 in 1" vaccine)
· Meningococcal group B (MenB) vaccine (experimental statistics)
· Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
· Rotavirus vaccine
· Hepatitis B vaccine
· Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG)
24 months:
· Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenza type B vaccine (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
· Haemophilus influenza type B and meningococcal group C (Hib/MenC) booster vaccine
· Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) booster
· Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine
· Hepatitis B vaccine
· Childhood influenza vaccine
Three years:
· Childhood influenza vaccine
Four years:
· Childhood influenza vaccine
Five years:
· Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio vaccine (DTap/IPV pre-school booster)
· Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine
· Haemophilus influenzae type B and meningococcal group C (Hib/MenC) vaccine
4. Experimental statistics are a series of statistics that are in the testing phase and not yet fully developed. A key part of the "experimental statistics" label is user engagement in the evaluation of those statistics. NHS Digital invites readers to comment on the experimental statistics in this report, and send user feedback to [email protected]
5. Due to data quality issues we have published Men B figures at local authority level for the one year cohort as experimental statistics. There are no national or regional Men B figures published for this cohort.
6. Coverage figures are presented as percentages and are rounded to one decimal place.