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Written Question · S4W-25155 · Session 4

What the uptake of the MMR vaccination has been in each NHS board area in each of last 10 years, expressed as a percentage.

Answered Asked by Mark McDonald SNP Lodged 29 Mar 2015

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what the uptake of the MMR vaccination has been in each NHS board area in each of last 10 years, expressed as a percentage.

The answer

Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 Apr 2015 · 24 days after it was lodged, on time

The first dose of MMR vaccine is routinely given at 12 to 13 months of age and the second dose at around three years four months to five years of age. Uptake rates of one dose of MMR vaccine by 24 months of age and five years of age are shown in Table 1 and Table 2 respectively.
Table 3 shows uptake of two doses of MMR vaccine by six years of age. The national target is 95% uptake of one dose of MMR vaccine by five years of age, with a supplementary measure at 24 months.
Table 1: Percentage uptake of one dose of MMR vaccine by 24 months of age by calendar year:
NHS Board of residence
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Scotland
89.9
92.1
92.1
92.0
93.6
93.2
94.0
95.0
95.4
95.6
Ayrshire and Arran
89.7
93.2
92.7
92.9
93.7
93.8
94.9
96.4
96.9
96.8
Borders
90.6
91.6
93.1
92.4
94.3
94.4
94.7
96.3
97.2
96.4
Dumfries and Galloway
94.2
94.8
95.4
95.6
96.5
94.1
96.3
96.0
96.6
97.7
Fife
89.6
92.1
92.2
91.7
93.4
91.2
92.5
93.6
95.2
95.4
Forth Valley
90.7
92.7
93.4
91.9
93.6
93.1
94.9
95.8
96.1
96.1
Grampian
90.5
92.8
93.3
93.3
94.9
94.9
94.9
95.1
94.9
94.5
Greater Glasgow and Clyde1
89.5
92.2
91.7
91.7
93.0
93.3
93.5
94.8
95.3
95.7
Highland2
83.3
87.1
88.8
88.8
91.1
90.2
92.0
93.3
94.1
93.7
Lanarkshire
89.2
90.8
91.3
91.9
94.3
93.5
94.9
95.6
96.2
96.5
Lothian
91.4
93.1
92.3
92.6
94.1
93.6
93.7
95.0
95.3
95.1
Orkney3
84.2
84.4
84.8
84.6
90.5
94.2
91.6
93.0
93.3
92.5
Shetland3
78.1
84.6
84.7
84.5
86.6
86.1
88.9
89.8
92.0
89.5
Tayside
91.3
93.2
92.4
91.6
92.6
93.2
93.7
95.4
94.8
95.8
Western Isles3
86.8
88.9
94.6
91.2
94.2
94.1
97.0
94.8
95.4
97.2
Source: Scottish Immunisation and Recall System, February 2015, ISD Scotland
Greater Glasgow and Clyde data for 2005 relate to the former NHS Greater Glasgow health board boundary prior to 1 April 2006 and therefore do not include the area inherited from the former NHS Argyll and Clyde on 1 April 2006.
Highland data for 2005 relate to the NHS Highland boundary prior to 1 April 2006 and therefore do not include the area inherited from the former NHS Argyll and Clyde on 1 April 2006.
The rates for Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles are based on small populations and therefore may fluctuate from year to year.

Table 2: Percentage uptake of one dose of MMR vaccine by five years of age by calendar year1:
NHS Board of residence
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Scotland
93.8
94.4
94.9
96.1
96.0
96.4
96.9
97.1
97.3
Ayrshire and Arran
93.9
94.9
95.9
96.8
96.9
97.2
97.6
98.2
98.2
Borders
94.6
94.2
95.5
96.3
96.4
97.3
97.4
97.4
97.4
Dumfries and Galloway
95.5
97.2
96.9
98.1
97.3
97.6
98.1
97.8
98.0
Fife
94.4
95.1
95.2
96.6
96.2
96.4
96.7
97.1
97.5
Forth Valley
94.4
95.4
95.6
96.7
97.0
96.8
96.7
97.7
98.3
Grampian
94.4
95.0
95.3
95.7
96.0
96.4
97.1
96.6
97.1
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
94.1
94.0
95.2
96.3
95.9
96.2
96.7
97.0
97.0
Highland
90.6
92.8
93.1
94.0
94.2
95.6
96.5
96.0
96.2
Lanarkshire
93.2
93.9
94.4
95.6
95.9
96.5
96.8
96.8
97.4
Lothian
93.9
94.3
94.8
96.3
96.2
96.3
96.9
97.1
97.1
Orkney2
91.9
93.3
86.6
96.0
96.1
95.7
95.9
96.4
94.6
Shetland2
86.2
91.9
92.7
95.5
91.7
93.3
95.6
93.2
95.8
Tayside
94.3
94.0
94.6
96.2
96.0
96.0
96.7
97.1
97.3
Western Isles2
94.0
96.4
91.7
94.6
96.1
95.9
96.5
97.8
98.3
Source: Scottish Immunisation and Recall System, February 2015, ISD Scotland
Vaccine uptake rates by five years of age have been monitored since 2006 and therefore figures are not available for 2005.
The rates for Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles are based on small populations and therefore may fluctuate from year to year.

Table 3: Percentage uptake of two doses of MMR vaccine by six years of age by calendar year
NHS Board of residence

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