Childhood Immunization

Preschoolers not getting vaccinated on time

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 8th, 2004

More than 20% of U.S preschool children lack required immunizations, placing them and their classmates at risk for illness, according to a new study based on the federal National Immunization Survey.

Whether the children were in day care made no difference in immunization rates, said Carol A. Stanwyck, PhD, and two colleagues from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whose work appears in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

"School-entry legislation in the United States has been a critical factor in keeping coverage rates high among kindergartners and first-graders," Stanwyck said. "Immunization regulations...

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