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Kindergartners with Required Immunizations
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93.2 percent |
Measurement
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2011 |
| Location: |
County : Palm Beach |
| Comparison: |
FL Counties |
| Categories: |
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Health / Children's Health
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of enrolled kindergarten students that have received all required immunizations. Required immunizations include 4+ DTP, 3+ Polio, 2+ MMR, 3+ Hep B, and 1+ Var or physician documented varicella disease |
| Why this is important: Immunizations protect children from contracting and spreading communicable diseases such as measles, mumps, and whooping cough. These diseases can result in extended school absences, hospitalizations, and death. Childhood illnesses also have a significant financial impact on parents including costly medical bills and loss of work time. |
| Technical Note: The distribution is based on data from 67 Florida counties. |
| Source: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Immunization |
| URL of Source: http://www.immunizeflorida.org/index.html |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/OtherIndicators/NonVi... |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
percent
| 2011 | Rates calculated prior to 2011 do not reflect the population revisions made by the Florida Department of Health. The population data for 2001-2010, along with rates affected by the population data, were revised in August 2012. |
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