This report presents detailed methods and results from the Burden of Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Australia study which focused on diseases with vaccines on Australia’s National Immunisation Program (NIP) schedule. The study found the rate of vaccine preventable burden decreased by 31% between 2005 and 2015. The decrease was driven by falls for diseases that have had vaccines added to, or vaccine eligibility extended on, the NIP schedule during the past 20 years, such as HPV, pneumococcal disease and rotavirus.

A companion to this report The burden of vaccine preventable diseases in Australia—summary is also available.