UK vs US vaccinations

One Mother says: Hepatitis B:  USA: Hepatitis B shot at 4 weeks, 6 months and again at 10 months.    UK: Mentioned in the the “red book” but was never mentioned to me in person by anyone.  BCG (aka the TB vaccine): USA: No shot, but tested in a skin-prick test.  UK: BCG shot given in the first year. (Optional).  ** This is a controversial one. US doctors I have spoken to have advised against if you are ever planning on moving back to the USA. But UK doctors think it’s a must.  Chicken Pox:  USA: Given at 1 year and 5 years.  UK: If you see a private pediatrician, you can get it here in the UK also.  There are some parents that are very strict about the US schedule, and some (like me) that have done a combination after speaking with the doctors……  Chicken Pox

• "Chicken Pox: chickenpox (varicella) vaccine is recommended routinely in Australia and the USA, but not in the UK." - Source: Oxford Vaccine Group

Vaccination Efficacy

Based on this diagram, I would conclude that before 1968 cases of disease before a vaccination was introduced that there was high risk of getting a disease and vaccinations where very effective. From 1992 to present the number of cases of disease are less or about the same as the rates of the other diseases pre-1968 after the vaccinations where introduced. I take that to means that the risk is quite low even without a vaccination today. That isn't to say that vaccinations are not as effective today, that just means that the number of people infected by vaccine-preventable diseases is smaller for some reason.

Source: UK Gov Site

Interesting Sites or articles

http://www.smartvax.com/
http://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/
Introduction of vaccines in UK by year
The routine immunisation schedule in UK
Japan bans MMR - The government reconsidered using MMR in 1999 but decided it was safer to keep the ban and continue using individual vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella.

More vaccinations means higher risk of hospitalization or death for infants - Infants can include up to age 2 by some loose definitions, but usually means a year or less of age. So, waiting until after age 2 may be a good idea, but then again, it could be there is no study yet for that age group.
http://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/links#spcs
http://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/uk-schedule
http://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/infectious-diseases

What vaccines are used in different countries

• Countries such as Denmark, Canada, and Japan have significantly fewer recommended vaccines but yet have healthier child populations 
• The United States requires infants to receive 26 vaccines (the most in the world) yet more than 6 U.S. infants die per every 1,000 live births. In contrast, Sweden and Japan administer 12 vaccines to infants, the least amount, and report less than 3 deaths per 1,000 live births. - See more Source: Health Impact News 

UK Vaccination Schedule

Source NHS

Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, Hib

5-in-1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib) - Pediacel is the most common in UK

8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks

4-in-1 pre-school booster (DTaP/IPV) - 3.3 years

3-in-1 (Td/IPV) teenage booster - REVAXIS is given in the UK

13-18 years

Denmark Vaccination Schedule

Denmark - protects children against: Diphtheria, Tetnus, Polio, Pertussis, Measles, mumps, rubella, Hib, Pneumococcal, HPV

Japan Vaccination Schedule

Denmark - protects children against: Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Hib, Pneumococcal, HepB,  Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Japanese encephalitis, flu, Rotovirus, HPV, Chickenpox