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Recommended Doses Received by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2010 to 2020

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Why Is This Important?

Immunizations are the one of most cost-effective health prevention measures. Development of vaccinations was cited by the U.S. Public Health Service as one of the [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056796.htm Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the 20th Century]. Vaccines play an essential role in reducing and eliminating disease.

Definition

Percentage of young children who received effective vaccination coverage levels for universally recommended vaccines by a given age

Data Notes

This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) objective IMM-2. Recommended doses are: 4 DTaP, 3 Polio, 1 MMR, full series of Hib (3 or 4 doses depending on type), 3+ HepB, 1+ Var, and 4+ PCV. Beginning in 2018, data reflect the proportion of children who are up-to-date by 24 months of age. For 2010-2017, it was 19-35 months of age.

Data Source

National Immunization Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/nis/index.html)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of children of a given age* who received the recommended doses of universally recommended vaccines (*19 to 35 months of age (2010-2017) or 24 months of age (2018-2020) for all except Hepatitis B birth dose between 0 and 3 days old)
  • Denominator:

    Total number of children of a given age* (*19 to 35 months of age (2010-2017) or 24 months of age (2018-2020) for all except Hepatitis B birth dose between 0 and 3 days old)

Related Health Objectives and Indicators




  • Health Initiative: HNJ2020

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective IMM-1a

    NJ Target: Increase the proportion of children receiving four (4) doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine by age 19 to 35 months (2010-2017) or age 24 months (2018-2020) to 95 percent by 2020
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/immunization.shtml

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective IMM-1b

    NJ Target: Increase the proportion of infants receiving birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine (0 to 3 days between birth date and date of vaccination, reported by annual birth cohort) to 75 percent by 2020
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/immunization.shtml

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective IMM-1c

    NJ Target: Increase the proportion of children receiving four (4) doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) by age 19 to 35 months (2010-2017) or age 24 months (2018-2020) to 90 percent by 2020
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/immunization.shtml

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective IMM-2

    NJ Target: Increase the percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months (2010-2017) or aged 24 months (2018-2020) who receive the recommended doses of DTaP, polio, MMR, Hib, hepatitis B, varicella and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) to 80 percent by 2020
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/immunization.shtml


Health Topic Pages Related to: Childhood Immunizations

Indicator Data Last Updated On 05/04/2022, Published on 08/27/2024
Communicable Disease Service, Infectious and Zoonotic Disease Program, New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, NJ, 08625 (https://www.nj.gov/health/cd)