Completed Primary Courses at Two Years of Age: England and Wales, 1966 - 1977, England only 1978 onwards

Year of birth	Immunised by	Diphtheria ¹	Polio ¹	Tetanus ²	Whooping cough ¹	Measles ³	Measles/ Mumps/ Rubella	Hib	Men C	Hib/MenC Booster	PCV Booster
1964	end 1966	76%	72%	75%
1965	end 1967	78%	75%	77%
1966	end 1968	79%	77%	79%	78%
1967	end 1969	83%	80%	83%	81%
1968	end 1970	80%	78%	80%	78%	33% ⁴
1969	end 1971	80%	80%	80%	78%	46%
1970	end 1972	81%	80%	81%	78%	51%
1971	end 1973	81%	80%	81%	78%	53%
1972	end 1974	80%	79%	80%	77%	52%
1973	end 1975	74%	73%	74%	59%	46%
1974	end 1976	74%	74%	74%	38%	46%
1975	end 1977	77%	77%	77%	39%	48%
1976	end 1978	78%	78%	79%	31%	48%
1977	end 1979	80%	80%	80%	35%	51%
1978	end 1980	81%	81%	81%	41%	53%
1979	end 1981	83%	82%	83%	46%	55%
1980	end 1982	84%	84%	84%	53%	58%
1981	end 1983	84%	84%	84%	59%	60%
1982	end 1984	84%	84%	84%	65%	63%
1983	end 1985	85%	85%	85%	65%	68%
1984	end 1986	85%	85%	85%	67%	71%
1985	end 1987/88	87%	87%	87%	73%	76%
2nd birthdays in
1988/89		87%	87%	87%	75%	80%	7%
1989/90		89%	89%	89%	78%	84%	68%
1990/91		92%	92%	92%	84%	87%	86%
1991/92		93%	93%	93%	88%		90%
1992/93		95%	95%	95%	92%		92%
1993/94		95%	95%	95%	93%		91%	75%
1994/95		95%	95%	95%	93%		91%	91%
1995/96		96%	96%	96%	94%		92%	95%
1996/97		96%	96%	96%	94%		92%	95%
1997/98		96%	96%	96%	94%		91%	95%
1998/99		95%	95%	95%	94%		88%	95%
1999/00		95%	95%	95%	94%		88%	94%
2000/01		95%	95%	95%	94%		87%	94%
2001/02		94%	94%	94%	93%		84%	93%	85%
2002/03		94%	93%	94%	93%		82%	93%	92%
2003/04		94%	94%	94%	93%		80%	93%	93%
2004/05		94%	93%	94%	93%		81%	93%	93%
2005/06		94%	94%	94%	94%		84%	94%	93%
2006/07		93%	93%	93%	93%		85%	93%	93%
2007/08		94%	94%	94%	94%		85%	94%	93%
2008/09		94%	94%	94%	94%		85%	94%	92%	85%	82%
2009/10		95%	95%	95%	95%		88%	95%	94%	90%	88%
2010/11		96%	96%	96%	96%		89%	96%	95%	92.%	89%

Records not available: ¹before 1966; ²before 1968; ³before 1970; ⁴Figure for 9 months of 1970 only
Source: Department of Health Statistics Division (Form SBL 607 1966-1986; Form KC51 1987-1994/95; COVER 1995/96 onwards

Vaccine coverage and COVER (Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly): a programme for evaluating childhood immunisation

Last reviewed: 21 October 2011