Immunisation rates in Western Australia and have reached "a record high" but it's still not enough to prevent disease outbreaks, the WA government says.
The rate of five-year-old children who were fully vaccinated in the December 2015 quarter reached 92.1 per cent, up from 90.6 in the previous quarter.
That's nine out of 10 kids protected but the government says it's still under the 95 per cent needed to stop infectious diseases.
"While these figures show we are moving in the right direction, there is still more work to be done," WA Health Minister Kim Hames said in a statement.
Aboriginal immunisation rates have had the most positive change with 94.3 per cent of Indigenous five year olds having their jabs, up from 91.3.
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