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released: 11 Mar 2005 author: Brotherton J, McIntyre P, Puech M, Wang H, Gidding H, Hull B, Lawrence G, MacIntyre R, Wood N & Armstrong D media release

This, the third biennial report on vaccine preventable diseases and vaccine coverage in Australia, brings together the four most important national sources of routinely collected data about vaccine preventable diseases and vaccinations (deaths, notifications, hospitalisations and vaccination coverage) for all age groups between 2001 and 2002.

ISBN 978 0 642 82478 3; Cat. no. VPD 2; 116pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents

  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Report
  • Executive summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Vaccine preventable diseases
  • Vaccination coverage
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Appendices
    • Appendix 1: Historical charts of notifications of vaccine preventable diseases
    • Appendix 2: Notifications by State/Territory and year (January 1997 December 2002)
    • Appendix 3: Hospitalisations by State or Territory and financial year (July 1997–June 2002)
    • Appendix 4: Changes to the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule (1992–2002)
    • Appendix 5: Vaccination funding in Australia 

Recommended citation

Brotherton J, McIntyre P, Puech M, Wang H, Gidding H, Hull B, Lawrence G, MacIntyre R, Wood N & Armstrong D 2005. Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Aust, 2001-2002: NCIRS of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vol28, Supp2. Cat. no. VPD 2. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442467700>.