Immunizations Data/Statistics

Estimates for 2006 data indicate that 67 percent of older non-Hispanic Whites received the influenza vaccination, compared to only 49 percent and 45 percent of older African Americans and Hispanics, respectively. Disparities for pneumococcal vaccination coverage were even wider. In 2006, vaccination rates were 62 percent for non-Hispanic Whites, compared to 37 percent for African Americans and 59 percent for Hispanics.

In 2007, Asian/Pacific Islanders had more than 24 times the rate of new tuberculosis cases compared to non-Hispanic whites. Both hepatitis B and tuberculosis may be prevented with vaccinations. In 2006, rates of hepatitis B continued to decline among all racial/ethnic groups, however the rate remained highest among non-Hispanic blacks, 2.2, as compared to a rate of 1.0 for non-Hispanic whites.

Quick Facts

• Although African American children aged 19 to 35 months had comparable rates of immunization for hepatitis, influenza, MMR, and polio, they were slightly less likely to be fully immunized, when compared to non-Hispanic white children.
• In 2005, American Indian/Alaska Native adults aged 18 to 64 years were slightly more likely than their non-Hispanic white counterparts to have received the influenza (flu) shot in the past 12 months.
• In 2006, Asian/Pacific Islander children aged 19 to 35 months reached the Healthy People goal for immunizations for Hib (haemophilus influenzae type b), hepatitis B, MMR (measles-mumps-rubella), polio and chicken pox.
• Although Hispanic children aged 19 to 35 months had comparable rates of immunization for hepatitis, influenza, MMR, and polio, they were slightly less likely to be fully immunized, when compared to non-Hispanic white children.

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