Definition

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Children are counted based on the county of the physicians' practices, In Sagadahoc County for example, children may have their medical care in Brunswick which is Cumberland County, so would be included there.

Data Source

Maine Center for Disease Control. Quarterly Child Immunizations  click on the county in the map and a report comparing that county to the state data comes up.

Other sources report on 6 vaccines, but the 7 vaccines in the group, " 4313314 coverage." is the standard in Maine. The Maine Immunization Program conducts an immunization assessment on the 1st of each quarter (January, April, July, October) which includes all 2 year-olds in the State of Maine immunization registry, ImmPact, associated to a practice which enters client specific data. This assessment follows the standard Centers for Disease Control and Prevention childhood assessment criteria of 24-35 months of age immunized as of 24 months for the 7 vaccines listed in the

Notes

This series is based on the 4th quarter of the calendar year, as annual reports are no longer available. The denominator is all children ages 24 to 35 months as of the last day of December and the numerator is the number of those children who had all 7 vaccinations.

Updated September 2024.

Last Updated

2024-09