Vaccines: Stats-Surv/NHIS/2009 adult vaccination coverage

Statistics and Surveillance:
2009 Adult Vaccination Coverage, NHIS
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

Vaccination is required throughout the lifespan to minimize the risk of morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccination for adults can protect against illness, lost days from work, or impacts on activities of living as well as hospitalization or death. This report describes vaccination coverage levels for adults age 19 years and older using the 2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data and includes comparison to vaccination coverage in 2008 for pneumococcal disease, tetanus with and without pertussis, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, herpes zoster (shingles), and human papillomavirus (HPV) by selected characteristics (age, vaccination target group status, and race/ethnicity). This report also contains influenza vaccination coverage for the 2008-09 season compared to the 2007-08 season.

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Vaccines: Stats-Surv/NHIS/2009 adult vaccination coverage