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Figure 10.1.1: Childhood immunization coverage by school year

Up-to-date immunization coverage among 7-year old students according to the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA), by disease, Middlesex-London, 2013/14 to 2016/17 school years

Figure 10.1.1: Childhood immunization coverage by school year

Source:

Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Immunization coverage report for school pupils: 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years [Internet]. Toronto, ON: Queens’s Printer for Ontario; 2017 [cited 2019 Feb 12] 44p. Available from: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/immunization-coverage-2013-16.pdf?la=en;

Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Immunization coverage report for school pupils in Ontario: 2016-17 school year [Internet]. Toronto, ON: Queens’s Printer for Ontario; 2018 [cited 2019 Feb 12] 65p. Available from: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/immunization-coverage-2016-17.pdf?la=en


Immunization coverage among 7-year old students enrolled in Middlesex-London schools increased between the 2013/14 and 2016/17 school years for diphtheria, meningococcal C, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, tetanus, and varicella (chickenpox).

During the same time period, immunization coverage among 7-year old students decreased for measles, mumps and rubella.
Changes to the Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules for Ontario may account for some of the changes observed over time.