Vaccination Rates By State Map
The vaxview websites provide vaccination coverage data for all ages.
Vaccination rates by state map. Vaccination rates for selected diseases by race. Vaccination coverage is the estimated percentage of people who have received specific vaccines. View vaccination rates at california schools for 2018 19 with edsource s interactive map. National childhood vaccination rates and state community data infographic text equivalent national childhood vaccination rates remain high but children still at risk for disease.
Click on each state. Unvaccinated people tend to cluster and put communities at risk for outbreaks of diseases like measles. Routine childhood immunizations are vital to individual and society health. Monitoring coverage for recommended vaccinations across the country helps cdc assess how well local areas states and the nation are protected from vaccine preventable diseases.
The data included the percentage of vaccination coverage for the combined 7 vaccine series among children aged 19 35 months in each state in 2016. In fact immunization rates vary widely across the globe. Because immunization rates vary from state to state some communities have recently experienced outbreaks of preventable diseases due to a lack of vaccinations. Below is a list of the states with the lowest estimated vaccination rates according to vaccine type listed in the cdc study and reflecting the percentage of children ages 19 to 35 months.
Image of random groups of people icons on hexagon pattern knowing the vaccination rates in your community is important. That vaccinate most wallethub compared the 50 states and the district of columbia across three key dimensions. 1 children teenagers immunization rates 2 adult elderly vaccination rates and 3 immunization uptake disparities influencing factors. Health experts recommend that at least 95 of kindergartners at a school be up to date with required vaccinations.
Health departments all over the united states monitor vaccination coverage to understand how well. In order to determine the states in the u s. Child vaccination across america. While countries like korea and mexico top the list with immunization rates above 80 percent for those 65 an older even industrialized.
Higher immunization rates protect vulnerable children who are too young to be vaccinated as well as those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons. A possible reason for this rate of coverage is the state s low population density which makes it challenging for health workers to reach populations living in remote areas. Low vaccination rates can be affected by medical exemptions parents choice anti vaccination movement or by lack of health care or health insurance. The missouri department of health is the agency responsible for ensuring access to vaccination and immunization service in the state.
While high compared to most parts of the world missouri s vaccination coverage is statistically the lowest among us states at only 85 8. Map with 21 states colored to indicate they report vaccine exemption data. Massachusetts 92 60 virginia 92 10 maine 88 30 new hampshire 87 80 rhode island 87 50 delaware. Across the united states immunization rates vary and as a result some communities have experienced preventable disease outbreaks.