The number of teenage recipients of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine has been rising for the last five years.
New figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show that 77.6 per cent of 15-year-old girls and 70.8 per cent of 15-year-old boys were fully vaccinated between 2015 and 2016;
This is up from 76.7 per cent of vaccinated girls and 70.8 percent of vaccinated boys between 2014 and 2015, with this upward trend believed to be continuing.
The vaccination has been proven to dramatically decrease the risk of 90 per cent of cervical cancers in women and 95 per cent of all HPV related cancers in men, including cancers of the anus, mouth and throat.
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