Are childhood vaccination rates dropping?

Who speaks what

The Chancellor, Sajid Javid, included a little Punjabi in his speech to the Tory conference. How many people in Britain would have understood him? In the 2011 census the ONS counted 273,000 Punjabi speakers in Britain. The other most common languages, besides English and Welsh, were:

Polish	546,000
Urdu	269,000
Bengali	221,000
Gujarati	213,000
Arabic	159,000
French	147,000
Portuguese	133,000
Spanish	120,000

Death by gender

The British Heart Foundation claimed women were needlessly dying of heart disease because they were receiving less good treatment than men. How do the causes of death differ between the sexes?

Deaths per million in 2017

	Men / Women
Ischaemic heart disease	1,516 / 680
Dementia	1,097 / 1,283
Cerebrovascular diseases	597 / 550
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	677 / 510
Lung cancer	660 / 465

Source: ONS

Giving them jabs

Health secretary Matt Hancock suggested that childhood vaccinations might become compulsory in order to protect children from the ‘anti-vacc’ movement. Are vaccination rates dropping?

Percentage of children vaccinated

	2012-13 / 2017-18
Diphtheria, tetanus, polio and HIB (12 mths)	94.7 / 93.1
Measles, mumps and rubella (24 mths)	92.3 / 91.2
Haemophilus influenzae B and meningococcal C (24 mths)	92.7 / 91.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	94.4 / 93.3

Source: NHS Digital

Sport spectators

The World Athletics Championships in Doha had disappointing attendances. Which championships are best attended?

Rugby (2015 World Cup, England)	51,600
Football (2018 World Cup, Russia)	47,400
Baseball (2017 World Classic, Japan/Korea/US)	27,200
Cricket (2015 World Cup, Australia/ New Zealand)	20,700
Hockey (2016 World Cup, Canada)	16,600
Handball (2019 World Cup, Denmark/Germany)	14,700