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Immunizations and American Indians/Alaska Natives

In 2017, American Indian/Alaska Native children received the recommended doses of vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, Hib, polio, and chicken pox at the same rate as non-Hispanic white children.

  • American Indian/Alaska Native adults aged 18 years and over were 20 percent less likely as their non-Hispanic white counterparts to have received the influenza (flu) shot in 2020.
  • In 2017, American Indian/Alaska Native children were 10 percent less likely to be fully immunized, compared to non-Hispanic white children.

Adults (Influenza):

Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 18 and over who received the influenza (flu) shot, 2019-2020 season
American Indian/Alaska Native* Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
42.3 52.8 0.8

Source: CDC 2020. Flu Vaccination Coverage, United States, 2019–20 Influenza Season.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/coverage-1920estimates.htm#additional

 

Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and over who received the influenza (flu) shot, 2019-2020 season

American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
65.5 71.9 0.9

Source: CDC 2020. Flu Vaccination Coverage, United States, 2019–20 Influenza Season.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/coverage-1920estimates.htm#additional

 

Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 18 and over who received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2015

American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
60.3 68.1 0.9

Source: CDC 2017. Health United States, 2016.  Table 69.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus16.pdf [PDF | 11.14MB]

 

Adolescents (Hepatitis):

Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 3 doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
93.5 93.8 1.0

 

Adolescents (MMR):

Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 2 doses of measles, mumps, rubella vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
92.7 93.1 1.0

 

Adolescents (Tdap):

Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 1 dose of tetanus diphtheria booster or Tdap vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
90.7 91.1 1.0

 

Adolescents (HPV):

Percentage of adolescents ages 13-17 years, who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
71.1 68.3 1.0

Source: CDC 2018. Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — United States, 2017. Supplementary Table 1.
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58073

 

Children (DTaP):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
74.4 83.0 0.9

 

Children (Hib):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – full series Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
77.1 81.0 1.0

 

Children (Hepatitis B):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine, 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
88.1 91.1 1.0

 

Children (MMR):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.5 91.2 1.0

 

Children (Polio):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses of polio, 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.7 92.3 1.0

 

Children (Chicken Pox):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose varicella vaccine (chicken pox), 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
88.1 90.3 1.0

 

Children (Fully Immunized):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who are fully immunized, 2017 (4:3:1:3)
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
68.9 71.5 0.9

Source: CDC 2018. Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19–35 Months — United States, 2017. Supplementary Table 1.
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59414

*All data in the above surveys relate to non-Hispanic American Indians/Alaska Natives.

Last Modified: 12/14/2020 10:36:00 AM