The number of unvaccinated children has slightly increased

(HealthDay) – Overall, immunization coverage among children aged 19 to 35 months remained high and stable from 2013 to 2017; However, according to a report published in the October 12 edition of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a limited but growing number of children have received no vaccinations. Weekly report on morbidity and mortality.

Holly A. Hill, MD, Ph.D., of CDC Atlanta, and colleagues used data from the National Immunization Survey 2017 conducted by children to assess immunization coverage at the national level regional and local, as well as in children aged 19-25. 35 months in the United States.

The researchers found that the coverage remained generally high and stable, exceeding 90% for at least three doses of polio vaccine, at least one dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, at least three doses of hepatitis B vaccine and at least one dose. . varicella vaccine. Although remaining low, the proportion of children who received no dose of vaccine at the age of 24 months increased gradually from 0.9% for children born in 2011 to 1, 3% for children born in 2015. Compared to children with private insurance, immunization coverage was lower for most vaccines among uninsured children and those insured by Medicaid. In addition, vaccination coverage was lower among children living outside the metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) than among those living in the main cities of the country.

"These disparities could be reduced with greater awareness and use of the Vaccines for Children program, eliminating missed opportunities to vaccinate children during visits to health care providers and minimizing disruptions in health care coverage. "health insurance," write the authors.

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