New Study Reveals Vaccination Rates By State: See Where NY Stands

NEW YORK, NY — New York is among the 10 states with the lowest vaccination rates, according to federal health data.

ExpertInsuranceReviews.com, which compares different types of health, auto and life insurance, took data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Immunization Survey and published it to compare which states had the highest percentage of vaccinated children. The company examined how many children have completed the combined 7-vaccine series, which includes DTaP, Polio, MMR, Hib, HepB, Varicella, and PCV.

New York ranked No. 10 among the areas with the lowest percentages of vaccinations.

In the state, a 70.9 percent of residents received all seven vaccines, the data showed. The CDC found that 85.7 percent had the DTaP, which is given to children under age 7 to develop immunity to three deadly bacteria-caused diseases: diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough. The analysis found that 94.8 percent of New Yorkers received the Polio vaccine and 93 percent received the MMR vaccine, which fights measles, mumps and rubella.

A total of 83.3 percent of residents received the Haemophilus influenza type b vaccine and 72 percent received immunization for hepatitis B. Additionally, 93.4 percent received the Varicella vaccine, which protects against chicken pox and 86.6 percent received the Pneumococcal vaccine.

Montana had the lowest rate of vaccinated children at 64 percent while Massachusetts had the highest percent at 85.9 percent.

The study comes after data from the CDC found there has been a three times increase in measles cases between 2018 and 2019. The number of reported measles cases in 2019 is the highest since 1992.

Check out the full report here.