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Inequalities in uptake of routine childhood immunisations in Wales 2024 to 2025

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Authors: Public Health Wales Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme (VPDP), Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC)

Published on: 6th May 2025

  • All Wales/National
  • Annual
  • COVER
  • Vaccine inequalities

This annual surveillance report summarises trends in socioeconomic inequalities and geographic variation in the uptake of routine childhood immunisations in Wales up to 2024-25.

Public Health Wales Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme carry out surveillance for socio-economic and geographic (Local Authority level) inequalities in uptake of routine childhood immunisations. The annual reports contain additional health board specific data in appendices.

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Infographic titled “Inequalities in Childhood Immunisations 2024–25” showing socio‑economic differences in Wales. It compares children in least‑ and most‑deprived areas across ages 1, 2, 4, 5 and 15. Uptake is consistently higher in least‑deprived groups (94.7%, 94.5%, 90.7%, 92.2%, 71.3%) than most‑deprived groups (90.4%, 87.4%, 79.7%, 82.5%, 48.1%). The inequality gap has decreased for ages 1 (4.3% from 6.1%) and 4 (11.0% from 11.9%), but increased for ages 2 (7.0% from 6.3%), 5 (9.7% from 8.4%) and 15 (23.2% from 21.3%). A second section shows variation between health boards, with gaps decreasing across all ages (e.g. age 1 to 4.4% from 5.1%; age 15 to 25.1% from 25.3%). A line chart illustrates inequality trends over time, with the widest gap at age 15. Footer notes that catch‑up vaccination supports improved uptake and reduced inequalities, alongside Public Health Wales branding.

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