QUESTION
What trend in vaccination rates is the DOHMH observing, and which vaccines have seen changes?
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Declining vaccination rates among New York City children show partial recovery for some vaccines, but significant decreases for others, with the MMR vaccine being a particular concern.
- Two-year-olds up to date with the combined 7 vaccine series as of December 31, 2023, are at 60%, nearly recovering to the pre-pandemic rate of 62% from 2019.
- The MMR vaccine coverage for four to six-year-olds has dropped to 85% from the pre-pandemic rate of 99%, a decrease of 14 percentage points.
- This decrease in MMR vaccination rates arises from the children who were aged 0 to 2 during the 2020-2021 period.
- The data indicates a close to recovery situation for some vaccines while highlighting significant concerns for the MMR vaccination among a specific age group.
Francisco P. Moya
0:51:56
And so the what what trend is DO HMH observing in the declining vaccination rates and specifically, like, which vaccination vaccines have seen a decrease which have remained stable and which have seen an increase.
Dr. Celia Quinn
0:52:16
Sure.
0:52:18
So going back to these two indicators that we've been talking about.
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The proportion of two year olds were up to date with the combined 7 vaccine series Overall, New York City wide, 60% of two year olds as of December 31, 2023 were up to date.
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Prior to the pandemic in 2019, that rate was 62%.
0:52:42
So it has nearly recovered to the point where it was prior to the pandemic.
0:52:47
Now for the MMR that we were just talking about, very different scenario, The overall New York City coverage for four to six year olds having received both MMR doses is eighty 5%, also as of December 31, 2023.
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But that is 16 percentage points lower compared to pre pandemic when it was 99 So that is a is a real concern.
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And like I said, those 4 those children who were 4 to 6 as of December 31, 2023, were the ones who are 0 to 2 during 2020 2021.
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Right.