Rural regions with high rates of child vaccine refusal are also lagging in terms of adolescent HPV immunisation rates, a report shows. In areas such as the Blue Mountains and Northern NSW, fewer than 65% of 15-year-old girls are fully immunised against HPV, compared with around 90% in other Primary Health Networks areas, according to the report by the National Health Performance Authority. HPV vaccination rates in the Blue Mountains, Darwin and outback NT fell by about 10% between 2012 and 2013, the figures reveal. However, the findings should be "taken with a grain of salt", said Dr Julia Brotherton, medical director of the National HPV Vaccination Program Register. "The problem with looking at small-area data is that there are reasonably small populations in...
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