Immunization Reports

Daycare Provider Reports | Immunization Index | Data and Statistics

Daycare
Immunization Levels in Indiana

2000-2001 School Year

Immunization Program
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Published: 07/2001

Indiana State Department of Health
Gregory A. Wilson, M.D., State Health Commissioner
Mary DePrez, Deputy State Health Commissioner

Public Health Services Commission
Joni Albright, M.P.A., Assistant Commissioner

Immunization Program
Michael Runau, M.S., Program Director

Primary Author
Geoff Prysak, M.P.H., Epidemiologist

Preface

As required by 470 IAC 3-4.1-12, all licensed child care centers in Indiana must submit immunization reports to the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) on an annual basis. The data from the 2000-2001 Daycare facility immunization assessment is summarized in this report.The intent of providing this information is to allow each facility to compare its coverage levels to county and state coverage levels. Although assessments are required only once per year, it is of utmost importance that upon enrollment, each facility inform parents as to which vaccines are required and give them a reasonable time frame for bringing their child(ren) “up-to-date.” The data, listed on the current web page (pending), is alphabetized by county, with state totals found at the bottom of each page. The following key is offered to explain the abbreviations which are used:

Abbreviation	Explanation
Enr	Number of children enrolled
Comp	Number of children who have completed their immunizations according to State requirements
%	Percent of enrolled children completing their immunization requirements according to State requirements

Data is presented for each age range for which reporting is required: 15-23 months of age, 2 – 4 years of age, 5 – 6 years of age, and 7 years of age and older. In order to reduce the risk of vaccine preventable disease, every effort should be made by child care centers to ensure that all enrolled children are up-to-date for their required vaccinations.To be considered complete, a child must have age-appropriately received vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, and Haemophilus influenzae type b. Although immunizations against varicella (chicken pox) and hepatitis b are not required for enrollment in child care facilities in Indiana, coverage levels for these vaccines were reported and are shown in the Immunization Summary Report.

Highlights

A total of 481 Daycare facilities reported data on 36,215 children enrolled in their facilities.
Of the daycare facilities in Indiana that reported immunization data, 208 (43 %) facilities reported overall completion levels greater than 90% for their enrollees.
Seventy-five percent of children enrolled in daycare facilities in Indiana have completed their immunizations according to State requirements, a drop from previous years (table 1).

Table 1. Summary results of daycare immunization assessments,
1995-96 to 2000-2001 school years, Indiana.
SCHOOL YEAR	# REPORTING SITES (# NOT REPORTING)	# STUDENTS	# COMPLETE	% COMPLETE
1995-96	460 (107)	36,419	32,910	90%
1996-97	498 (32)	38,622	34,859	90%
1997-98	462 (113)	36,159	32,969	91%
1998-99	398 (112)	32,076	29,347	91%
1999-2000	426 (151)	33,058	28,116	85%
2000-2001	481 (198)	36,215	27,050	75%

Recommendations

Daycare facilities and Local Health Departments should carefully review this data to identify facilities reporting less than 90% of 2 year old children who are up-to-date.
Daycare facilities with low coverage levels should make every effort to improve. Contact your local health department or immunization field representative if you need assistance.
Facilities who have attained 90% coverage or greater are to be congratulated on their efforts and are encouraged to maintain their attention on this important aspect of preventive health care.