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Childhood Immunizations Tables |
| Childhood Immunization Series |
| Burden of Disease |
The childhood vaccination series has greatly reduced the burden of vaccine preventable illness and mortality through high vaccination rates of effective vaccines. Of the remaining 2,400,000 current annual cases of vaccine preventable disease in children, 96% of cases are either chicken-pox (800,000 cases) or (influenza 1,500,000 cases.)1 |
| Effectiveness |
The childhood immunization series has eliminated 86% of all cases of childhood vaccine preventable disease, and 98% of deaths. 90% or more of cases have been eliminated for vaccine preventable disease except chicken pox (reduced by 80%) and influenza (reduced by 25%).1 |
| Improvability |
Utilization Rates
81% of children 19-35 months are up-date on all vaccinations other than varicella and influenza.2
76% are up-date when varicella is included.2 |
Guide to Community Preventive Services Recommendations3
Numerous interventions are effective at improving vaccination coverage including interventions to increase demand, enhance access and improve clinic systems. |
| Cost4 |
Annual Per Person Medical Cost of Service: $245 |
| Annual Per Person Medical Cost of Savings: $438 |
| Annual Net Costs: $-193 |
| % of Service Cost Recovered in Long Run: 179% |
Sources and Footnotes:
1. Refer to the technical report on childhood immunizations for a fuller discussion of these data & references (availability of this report is pending publication of a related journal article).
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics and National Immunization Program, National Immunization Survey: www.cdc.gov/nip/coverage/.
3. Guide to Community Preventive Services Recommendations. http://www.thecommunityguide.org/vaccine/default.htm
4. Five notes on costs and savings: 1) Costs and savings are expressed in year 2005 dollars. 2) Costs and savings are expressed as the per person cost per year over the recommended age range to facilitate use in estimating long-term budget impact. 3) Costs and savings are not discounted to facilitate use in estimating long-term budget impact. As a result, they are not comparable to estimates that would be used in formal cost-effectiveness analysis. Services that are cost-saving from a budgetary perspective may not be cost-saving in an economic analysis that discounts future events to their present value. 4) Costs and savings reflect non-adherence and the recommended frequency of delivery. Therefore, services with less frequent intervals or with lower adherence would have a lower cost than an otherwise identical service. 5) Costs reflect both initial preventive service costs (such as screening and counseling) and necessary follow-up costs such as diagnostic testing, pharmacotherapy, and intensive interventions for weight loss.
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