The CDC released the 2009 National Immunization Survey (NIS) of more than 17,000 households which looked at vaccination of children born between January 2006 and July 2008 and found that vaccine coverage against poliovirus; measles, mumps and rubella; hepatitis B and varicella (chickenpox), “remained relatively stable and near or above the national Healthy People 2010 goal of 90 percent or higher.
Other findings included:
– 44 percent of children aged 19-35 months had received rotavirus vaccine during infancy; these vaccines were first licensed in 2006.
– 83.6 percent of children aged 19-35 months had received three doses of Haemophilus influenzae B, down by 6.4 points from the previous year, reflecting a national shortage of the vaccine in 2008 and 2009. Vaccine is now readily available.
The report noted that there “was substantial variation between states in vaccination rates, suggesting room for improvements.”
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