Child Health

Childhood Immunisations

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Immunisation Uptake Rates

The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine is designed to protect against the two types of HPV that cause around 70% of the cases of cervical cancer. Girls need three doses over a period of six months to give them the best protection. The HPV vaccine does not protect against all cervical cancers, so regular cervical screening is still important.

The HPV Immunisation Programme in Scotland started on 1 September 2008. The programme aims to protect girls by routinely immunising them at around 12-13 years of age, in second year of secondary school, through a school-based programme.

A catch-up campaign for older girls is being carried out over a three-year period from September 2008 and applies to girls who were aged 13 to under 18 on 1 September 2008. In the first year of the programme (2008/09), girls in the catch-up cohort who were in fifth and sixth year of secondary school, and girls of equivalent age who had left school (girls aged 16 to under 18 years on 1 September 2008), were offered the vaccine. In the second year of the programme, which started in September 2009, girls who are currently in fourth and fifth year of secondary school, as well as new school leavers, are being offered HPV immunisation.

The following statistics are presented:

Updated statistics for Year 1 of the HPV Immunisation Programme (Sept 2008 - Aug 2009):

• Updated uptake rates for girls in school in class years S2, S5 and S6 in school year 2008/09.
• Interim uptake rates for older girls (aged 16 to under 18 on 1 September 2008) who have left school and who were eligible for HPV immunisation in Year 1 of the programme.

Data are available by NHS Board and Community Health Partnership (CHP) and can be viewed by clicking on the links below:

HPV uptake rates 2008/09 - NHS Board [ 66 KB]

HPV uptake rates 2008/09 - CHP [ 99 KB]

Interim statistics for Year 2 of the HPV Immunisation Programme (Sept 2009 - Aug 2010):

• Interim uptake rates by mid-February 2010 for girls in school in class years S2, S4 and S5 in school year 2009/10.

Data are available by NHS Board and Community Health Partnership (CHP) and can be viewed by clicking on the links below:

Interim HPV uptake rates 2009/10 - NHS Board [ 52 KB]

Interim HPV uptake rates 2009/10 - CHP [ 72 KB]

A Statistical Publication Notice explains the key points from this release.

 

Previously published HPV statistics are also available:

Interim HPV uptake rates for year 1 (2008/09) as at 10 August 2009 [ 70 KB]

Interim HPV uptake rates for Year 1 (2008/09) as at 16 February 2009 [ 42 KB]

 

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