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Updated: Mar 20, 2020 Published Jan 29, 2019
BunnyBunnyBSNRN, ASN, BSN
971 Posts
Good Morning, All!
The state of emergency in Washington due to measles got me to thinking - in order for community immunity/"herd immunity to work, 94% of the herd has to be vaccinated/immune to the disease. How do I find out what the rate of vaccination is in my area/county/state?
My school with 615 kids has >97% vaccination rate, btw.
KeeperOfTheIceRN, ADN
655 Posts
I'm curious to know too! Following to see what those wiser than I am say.
Guest
0 Posts
Maybe your local Board of Health can give you county specific information. You can find a map of rates by US state but not smaller counties I don;t think. Here is a link for Massachusetts by county, just for interests sake:
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/school-immunizations
NutmeggeRN, BSN
2 Articles; 4,659 Posts
In NH we have to do an immunization survey every year. So the info is at DHHS
ruby_jane, BSN, RN
3,142 Posts
Contact whichever state entity gets your vaccine reporting (ours is DSHS but yours may be different).
Amethya
1,821 Posts
We have an annual immunization thing for the state of Texas. I only have 3 students out of compliance right now because they are refugees, they are only missing Hep A.