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Vaccination Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2018–19 School Year
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October 18 2019
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Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 68(41):905-912
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Alternative Title:MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
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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.
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Pubmed ID:31622283
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC6802678
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