Immunization Reports

Public Provider Immunization Assessments in Indiana
2003 Assessment Results

Highlights

An estimated 15,220 children born in 2000 were active patients of local health departments immunization clinics by the time they were 24 to 35 months of age. The immunization status of 95.9 percent of these children was assessed in 2003.
An estimated 7,551 children born in 2000 were active patients of the 74 non-local health department public providers by the time they were 24 to 35 months of age. The immunization status of 40.4 percent of these children was assessed in 2003.
Immunization coverage rates for individual antigens of diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP); polio; measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib); and hepatitis B are presented in Table 2 along with vaccination series rates.
The standard immunization series used for the 2003 assessment year was the 4 DTaP, 3 Polio, 1 MMR, and 3 Hib in which local health departments reached a coverage level of 80.4% and non-local health department public providers achieved a 71.6 percent coverage level.
For the complete 4 DTaP; 3 Polio: 1 MMR: 3 Hib vaccination series, 50.5 percent of local health departments and 12.5 percent of non-health department public providers had greater than 90 percent complete coverage by 24 months of age for their 2 year old patient population.
A significant drop in coverage occurred between the first and final doses of DTaP vaccine for the majority of public immunization providers with the largest drop between the third and fourth doses of the series.