ACT Child Immunization Rates Compared to Australia 2010-2017

ACT Government Open Data provides the proportion of children aged 60–63 months fully immunised in the Australian Capital Territory and Australia from 2010 to 2017. The dataset, sourced from Australian Government Department of Health historical coverage data tables, tracks annual immunization percentages.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the proportion of fully immunised children for the ACT and Australia across the 2010-2017 time range.
• Compare annual immunization rates between the ACT and Australia using the reported percentage figures.
• Model the relationship between jurisdiction (ACT vs. Australia) and the immunization proportion over time.

Strengths

• Data covers an 8-year time range from 2010 to 2017.
• Sourced from the authoritative Australian Government Department of Health.
• Provides a direct comparison between ACT and national Australian figures.

Limitations

• Dataset is small, containing only annual percentage points for two jurisdictions over 8 years.
• Limited to a single age cohort (children aged 60–63 months).
• Data is stale, with the last reference year being 2017.

Provenance

Source

Australian Government Department of Health historical coverage data tables.

Collection Method

Government administrative data collection.

Time Range

2010–2017.

Freshness

Historical data; last reference year is 2017.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Australia.