Methodology
The page contains high-level information on definitions, methods and assumptions applied across all dashboards. More detailed methods imposed on all dashboards and specific methods applied for individual dashboards can be found in the methodology paper attached.
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High-level information on definitions, methods and assumptions applied across all dashboards. More detailed methods imposed on all dashboards and specific methods applied for individual dashboards can be found in the methodology paper attached.
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Global Definitions, Rules and Methods
Gender
Gender refers to the response an individual or provider has recorded in the Australian Immunisation Register. Gender has been broken into three categories; male, female and non-binary.
First Nations Status
First Nations refers to individuals in the Australian Immunisation Register which have an answer of “Y” on the indigenous indicator. Individuals with no entry or those with an answer of “N” are defined as non-First Nation in the dashboards.
Location
Location refers to either the state or statistical area level 3 (SA3) that an individual is assigned based on their Medicare address. More detail for calculation of an individual's location can be found in the methodology paper
Provider Type
A provider is any eligible health professional or organisations who can register with the AIR. The AIR categorises each individual or business who register to provide immunisations a provider type code. These codes while useful do not provide full insight into the setting in which vaccinations are administered.
Provider categories have been developed in these dashboards to summarise the setting in which a vaccination was administered.
NIP Schedule and Fully Vaccinated Definitions
The dashboards that have been developed reference a point in time copy of the National Immunisation Program (NIP). The dashboards widely consider vaccination recommendations that were added to the National Immunisation Program by the 31/03/2026.
Changes in Historical Coverage
The Australian Immunisation Register is a dynamic database that actively updates an individual’s personal details based on changes that occur in Medicare. Changes that are made to the Australian Immunisation Register will be reflected in dashboards and will update previous reported numbers.
Doses Administered
Doses Administered refers to the total number of vaccination records in the Australian Immunisation Register.
People Vaccinated
People Vaccinated refers to the total number of unique individuals who have received a vaccination and had it noted in the Australian Immunisation Register during any selected period.
Coverage
Coverage refers to the overall proportion of individuals in a location who are assessed to be protected against certain vaccine preventable diseases. Coverage rules for each vaccine preventable disease are included in the methodology paper.