title: Vaccination coverage among children entering school--United States, 2005-06 school year.
abstract: One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to achieve and sustain > or =95% vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten through first grade for the following vaccines: hepatitis B vaccine; diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, or diphtheria and tetanus toxoids vaccine (DTP/DTaP/DT); poliovirus (polio) vaccine; measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines; and varicella vaccine. To determine vaccination coverage among children entering kindergarten, data were analyzed from reports submitted to CDC by states and the District of Columbia (DC) for the 2005-06 school year. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that coverage for each vaccine was reported to have exceeded 95% in more than half of the states.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends