Key Points

• Continued increase in vaccination rates among infants covered by the expanded vaccination mandate:

  • + 6.6 percentage points for the third dose of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and hepatitis B (cohort of children born in 2017: 85.3%, cohort of 2019: 91.9%)

  • + 2.2 percentage points for vaccination coverage of the third dose of the pneumococcal vaccine (2017 cohort: 89.8%, 2019 cohort: 92.0%)

  • + 1.7 percentage points for vaccination coverage of the second dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (2017 cohort: 82.8%, 2019 cohort: 84.5%)

  • +16.0 percentage points in vaccination coverage for the first dose of the meningococcal C vaccine (2018 cohort: 71.4%, 2020 cohort: 87.4%)

  • + 11.0 percentage points in vaccination coverage for the meningococcal C vaccine booster (2017 cohort: 79.8%, 2019 cohort: 90.8%)

• Increase in vaccination coverage among children born before the law took effect

  • Increase in catch-up vaccination coverage for meningococcal C across all age groups

  • +7.2 percentage points for the ^first dose of the HPV vaccine among 15-year-old girls born in 2005 (51.2%) compared to girls born in 2004 (44%)

• Increase in influenza vaccination coverage

  • +8.0 percentage points among people aged 65 and older (2019–2020: 52.4%, 2020–2021: 60.4%)