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MMWR: Vaccination Coverage Among Kindergartners for the 2019-20 school year
Submitted by Charlene Ice on Wed, 01/27/2021 - 15:54
- 94.9% for the state-required number of doses of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP)
- 95.2% for 2 doses of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR)
- 94.8% for the state-required number of varicella vaccine
- 2.5% of kindergartners had an exemption from at least one vaccine
- 2.3% were not up to date for MMR and did not have a vaccine exemption
Notes: The national estimate was based on a survey of 3,675,882 kindergartners, or 91.3% of the national Kindergarten population. Alaska did not report kindergarten vaccination coverage because of problems with data collection.
Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report/CDC, January 22, 2021
Source URL: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7003a2.htm?s_cid=mm...
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