National Immunization Awareness Month: Data and Resources from Kidsdata.org
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California’s recent whooping cough epidemic (PDF) has added new resonance to nationwide public health campaigns for this August’s National Immunization Awareness Month.
Researchers have linked parents’ vaccine refusals to a higher risk of whooping cough in their children. In California, nearly 15,000 kindergartners were exempted from required school vaccinations in 2014 because of their parents’ personal beliefs, and the percentage of kindergartners with “personal belief exemptions” is on the rise.
In 2014, 90.2% of California kindergartners had all required immunizations before entering school, but percentages vary widely among counties.
Read on for the latest California immunization data from kidsdata.org and resources for observing National Immunization Awareness Month.
Data
This map shows kindergarten immunization levels in California:
To see a similar map for immunization exemptions, click here.
See more immunization data by county>>
Resources
National Immunization Awareness Month Toolkit, National Public Health Information Coalition
National Immunization Awareness Month Resources, American Academy of Pediatrics
National Immunization Awareness Month Resources, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
California Immunization Coalition
Childhood Immunization: Medline Plus, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Vaccines.gov, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Posted by Gabby Mujal
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