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Figure 10.1.2: Childhood immunization coverage

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

Figure 10.1.2: Childhood immunization coverage
Source: 
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

Notes:

* Up-to-date coverage assessment is for receipt of one dose of rubella-containing vaccine, while the national target is for receipt of two doses.

** Up-to-date coverage assessment is for receipt of two doses of varicella-containing vaccine, while the national target is for receipt of one dose.


In the 2016/17 school year, immunization coverage among 7-year old students in Middlesex-London schools was higher than in Ontario for diphtheria, pertussis, polio, tetanus, and varicella.

Immunization coverage was lower among students in Middlesex-London schools than in the province as a whole for measles, meningococcal C, mumps, and rubella in the 2016/17 school year.

Local immunization coverage for all diseases of public health significance was lower than the national target of 95% coverage.