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Population vaccination coverage - BCG - areas offering universal BCG only (1 year old) (12099) Metric type
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- Children for whom the local authority is responsible who received a dose of BCG vaccine at any time by their first birthday as a percentage of all children whose first birthday falls within the period. The BCG vaccine protects against tuberculosis (TB), TB is a serious infection that affects the lungs and sometimes other parts of the body, such as the bones, joints and kidneys. It can also cause meningitis.
BCG (which stands for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine) is not given as part of the routine NHS vaccination schedule. The BCG immunisation programme is a risk-based programme, therefore not all areas offer universal BCG and data is not available for most other areas. The vaccine is recommended for individuals at higher risk of exposure to TB, particularly to protect against serious forms of disease in infants. In addition to this selective approach all infants (0-12 months old) living in an area where the incidence of TB is greater than 40 per 100,000 should be offered BCG vaccine.
This information sourced by Public Health England from the Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER) data.
- Modified
- 01 Sep 2021
- Data last updated
- 29 Apr 2024
- Also known as
- PHOF 3.03ii
- 3.03ii
- 3.03ii - Population vaccination coverage - BCG - areas offering universal BCG only
- D03a - Population vaccination coverage - BCG - areas offering universal BCG only_Persons_1 yr
- D03a
- Short label
- Population vaccination coverage - BCG (1 year)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a high value is good
- Measure
- %
- Dataset
- Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER) data collected by PHE (PHE). Available from NHS Digital
- Collection
- Public Health Outcomes Framework
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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