Healthy Beginnings / Increasing Child Vaccination Rates

Increasing Vaccination Rates2022-02-01T14:43:54-08:00

Vaccines: defense against infectious diseases1

One of public health’s greatest accomplishments is the development of vaccines. These immunizations help keep children from getting certain dangerous vaccine-preventable diseases. California continues to work to improve the number of children vaccinated with up-to-date coverage for the ages of 19-35 months.

One of the State’s biggest barriers to reaching the Let’s Get Healthy California 80% target by 2022 is false information and fears surrounding the long term effect and dangers of vaccinations. Despite recent challenges including public protests, progress continues to be made through collaboration between parents, childcare providers, medical providers, and other key stakeholders.

Indicator Progress

In 2010 (baseline year), 54.1% of children ages 19-35 months were up-to-date on vaccinations. The most recent data available show 68.6% (2017). We hope to reach a target of 80.0% or higher by 2022.

More Data about Child Vaccination Rates

Baseline

54.1%

Current Rate

68.6%

Target

80.0%

Indicator Highlights

Proportion of Children 19-35 Months Who Have Received All Recommended Vaccinations, Over Time

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Indicator: Vaccines for children 19-35 months

Description: This indicator shows up-to-date vaccination coverage for children ages 19-35 months. “Up-to-date” is defined as receiving vaccination series 4:3:1:4:3:1:4-FS. This means 4 or more doses of Diphtheria, Tetanus, and acellular Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine (DTaP), 3 or more doses of poliovirus vaccine, 1 or more doses of any Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, the full 4 vaccine series for Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), 3 or more doses of Hepatitis B vaccine, 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine, and 4 or more doses of Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV).

Data Limitations: Sample size for California is 400 households.

Indicator Source: CDC, NCRID and NCHS National Immunization Survey. See ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/nis/nispuf13_readme.txt for data use requirements.

Indicator Calculation Methodology:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/nis/child/methodologies.html

Data Collection Methodology:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nis/datasets.htm

Program URL Link:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/nis/child/index.html

Geographic Granularity: State

Reporting Cycle: Annual

Reporting Lag: One year

1. Backman, D., Lee, P., & Paciotti, B. (2013). Health Disparities in the Medi-Cal Population. Retrieved November 17, 2015, from www.dhcs.ca.gov: https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/dataandstats/Documents/HealthDisparities.pdf

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