The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that a small but increasing number of children in the United States are not getting some or all of their recommended vaccinations with 1.3 percent of children born in 2015 having not received any vaccinations, up from 0.3 percent in 2001.
Though the number remains small it is something that CDC is concerned about. CDC data show children in rural areas and those without insurance had significantly higher rates of not being vaccinated. The CDC estimates that 100,000 young children have not had a vaccination against any of the 14 diseases for which vaccines are recommended.
Although 70 percent of the children have been vaccinated the new estimate of 1.3 percent of the children born in 2015 were completely unvaccinated is very concerning because young children are especially vulnerable to complications from vaccine-preventable diseases, some of which can be fatal.
