PMID: 11331133May 2, 2001Paper

Vaccination status of children living in rural areas in the United States: are they protected?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
S StokleyM P Battaglia

Abstract

To estimate the vaccination coverage levels of children living in rural areas and identify statistically significant differences in coverage between children living in rural areas and their suburban and urban counterparts. Children aged 19 to 35 months participating in the 1999 National Immunization Survey (NIS) were included in the study. Children were classified as living in a rural, urban, or suburban area based on their telephone exchange (area code plus the first three digits of the telephone number). Statistically significant differences in vaccination coverage levels between the rural population and their urban counterparts were determined for individual vaccines and vaccine series. Overall, 18% of the children included in the 1999 NIS lived in a rural area, 46% lived in a suburban area, and 36% lived in an urban area. The characteristics of the rural population were: 72% were white, non-Hispanic; 24% were below the poverty level; 16% had a mother with <12 years of education; and 30% received vaccinations from a public provider. Eighty percent of rural children, 79% of suburban children, and 77% of urban children completed the 4:3:1:3 series. The rural population had statistically significantly lower (p<0.01) varicella c...Continue Reading

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