CDC reports " vaccination rates have stayed at or near record levels"

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

Most U.S. Kids Getting Recommended Vaccinations

More than 77% are fully inoculated, federal officials say By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The vast majority of American children are getting their recommended vaccinations, federal health officials said Thursday.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, immunization rates remain at or near record levels, with at least 90 percent coverage for all but one of the vaccines in the recommended series for children.

The CDC's 2007 National Immunization Survey also found that 77.4 percent of children have been fully vaccinated with all the recommended vaccines, with no differences for any racial or ethnic groups. And less than 1 percent of children have not received any vaccinations by ages 19 to 35 months.

..."There is still a vaccine coverage gap in poor children compared with others," Schuchat said. "The good news this year is that the gap between those children living in poverty and other children is narrowing. So, we are making progress, but we are not finished with all the work we have to do," she said.

more here:
http://healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=619102

[chicagomd]

1. A good start,

but we still have a lot of work to do.

[trotsky]

2. Yes, thankfully the anti-vaccination rhetoric hasn't made a serious dent... yet.

What we are seeing, however, is the kind of thing that's already been reported: epidemics in clusters of unvaccinated individuals, such as religious groups or whatnot.

[Hannah Bell]

3. which is no different from any year since vaccination programs began.

coverage is at an all-time high.

[trotsky]

5. You do understand that the conditions are not mutually exclusive, right? n/t

[Hannah Bell]

6. coverage is at an all-time high. so whatever "pockets" of unvaccinated

exist, they contain fewer members than in previous years, qed.

but keep talking up the legions of unvaccinated fundies endangering everyone.

[trotsky]

7. So no, you don't understand.

Thanks for clarifying.

[cosmik debris]

8. It's a common problem,

confusing absolute numbers with percentages. It is especially common when confusion is used to bolster a weak argument. It is especially ineffective when it is followed by QED.

[Hannah Bell]

9. coverage is at an all time high, both % wise & in absolute numbers.

i guess your degree in health physics makes you an epidemiologist, as well as an immunologist, statistician & logician.

i understand perfectly well.



Period 1: 200 people, 70% coverage = 30% unvaccinated (= 60 individuals)

Period 2: 250 people, 80% coverage = 20% unvaccinated (= 50 individuals)

Period 3: 300 people, 90% coverage = 10% unvaccinated (= 30 individuals)



1970 US population: 203 million

1990 US population: 248 million

2007 US population: 303 million

[cosmik debris]

10. You're funny.

Especially when you make up numbers to cover your ass.

[Hannah Bell]

13. Which made-up numbers would those be?

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/G/coverage.pdf

MMR % target vaccinated:

1970: 58.4%

1991: 82%

2006: 92.4%


US demographics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_population

[Hannah Bell]

11. Percent of target age group vaccinated with MMR (CDC pink book)

1970: 58.4%

1991: 82%

2006: 92.4%

[cosmik debris]

12. Too slick by half!

You have moved the goal posts again.

Now you are just counting "target age group".

Shuffle those numbers and come up with some other tricks.

You're funny!

[Hannah Bell]

14. % of the target cohort vaccinated each year is how CDC determines coverage.

That's where the % coverage in the original article comes from.

try again.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/G/coverage.pdf

[Hannah Bell]

15. I understand just fine.

Period 1: 200 people, 70% coverage = 30% unvaccinated (= 60 individuals)

Period 2: 250 people, 80% coverage = 20% unvaccinated (= 50 individuals)

Period 3: 300 people, 90% coverage = 10% unvaccinated (= 30 individuals)



1970 US population: 203 million, MMR % vaccinated: 58.4%

1990 US population: 248 million, MMR % vaccinated 1991: 82%

2007 US population: 303 million, MMR % vaccinated 2006: 92.4%



Coverage rates:

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook

US demographics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_population

[trotsky]

4. dupe