Fifteen states have not yet met the Healthy People 2020 target of having 90 percent of children (ages 19-35 months) receive at least three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine, according to a report from Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Childhood vaccinations was one of 10 indicators the report used to evaluate how prepared each state is to manage severe infectious disease threats.
Considering each routine immunization schedule saves 33,000 lives, prevents 14 million cases of disease and reduces direct healthcare costs by $9.9 billion, the childhood vaccinations indicator is a major consideration for overall outbreak preparedness.
The following 15 states, listed alphabetically, have some work to do before they'll be able to meet the Healthy People 2020 target of having 90 percent of children (ages 19-35 months) receive at least three doses of HBV vaccine.
- Arizona — 88.4 percent
- Arkansas — 88.6 percent
- Colorado — 84.1 percent
- Florida — 89.0 percent
- Hawaii — 88.3 percent
- Maine — 84.5 percent
- Michigan — 87.9 percent
- Missouri — 88.4 percent
- Nevada — 88.8 percent
- New Mexico — 86.0 percent
- Ohio — 87.4 percent
- Oregon — 88.7 percent
- Washington — 89.0 percent
- West Virginia — 85.5 percent
- Wyoming — 88.9 percent