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Article: Infant Immunization Rates Pose Serious Health Threat
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- September 3, 1997
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Infant Immunization Rates Pose Serious Health Threat
Although immunization rates for children in this country are up for the general population, in many parts of the country, especially in urban and minority communities, immunization rates for children remain low and pose a major health threat. This is particularly true in "pockets of need," which are deemed as areas with low immunization coverage.
The seriousness of childhood immunization is dramatized by these facts:
- More than 25 percent of children between the ages of 19-35 months in the United States (approximately two million) are not immunized with critical vaccines.
- Approximately 100 children die each year from preventable ...