Vaccination Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2018–19 School Year

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Seither, Ranee ; Loretan, Caitlin ; Driver, Kendra ; Mellerson, Jenelle L. ; Knighton, Cynthia L. ; Black, Carla L.
• Description:
  State and local school vaccination requirements exist to ensure that students are protected against vaccine-preventable Diseases (1). This report summarizes data collected by state and local immunization programs* on vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten in 49 states, exemptions for kindergartners in 50 states, and provisional enrollment and grace period status for kindergartners in 30 states. Nationally, vaccination coverage| was 94.9% for the state-required number of doses of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and Acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP); 94.7% for 2 doses of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR); and 94.8% for the state-required doses of varicella vaccine. Whereas 2.5% of kindergartners had an exemption from at least one vaccine,| 2.8% of kindergartners were not up to date for MMR and did not have a vaccine exemption. Nearly all states could achieve the recommended ≥95% MMR coverage if all nonexempt kindergartners were vaccinated in accordance with local and state vaccination policies.
• Subjects:
  Chickenpox Vaccine Child, Preschool Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine Full Report Humans Immunization Schedule Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Schools Vaccination Coverage
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 68(41):905-912
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  31622283
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6802678
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  41
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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