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Article: Low infant immunization rates pose serious health threat in African American community
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- Call & Post
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- September 11, 1997
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Low infant immunization rates pose serious health threat in African American community
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 defined as areas with low immunization coverage.
The seriousness of childhood immunization is dramatized by these acts: More than 25 per cent of children between the age of 19-35 months in the United States (approximately two million) are not immunized with critical vaccines.
Approximately 100 children ...