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Too Few American Adults Getting Needed Vaccinations: CDC
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By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Each year, some 45,000 Americans die from diseases that could possess been prevented by vaccines, health officials said Thursday. Despite this, the number of American adults who get needed vaccines remains abridged, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as well as Prevention. "There were some modest increases in coverage, but for very few vaccines," said Dr. Carolyn B. Bridges, associate director of adult immunization at the CDC as well as co-author of the report. "Coverage is much lower than we would similar to see it." The data was published in the Feb. 3 issue of the CDC's Morbidity as well as Mortality Weekly Report. According to the report, 2010 (the latest year covered by the report) saw only a tiny increase in the rate of uptake for just three vaccines. The rate of the tetanus, diphtheria, as well as acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination increased 1.6 percent, to 8.2 percent. Tdap includes protection against pertussis, as well as known as whooping cough. Among whites aged 60 as well as older, take of a vaccine that defends against shingles rose more than 5 percent to 16.6 percent. Among women aged 19-26, those who got at least one dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which defends against about 70 percent of all cervical cancers, increased 3.6 percentage points, to 20.7 percent, the researchers noted. For other vaccines, rates remained basically the alike. For example, among high-risk adults aged 19 to 64, only 18.5 percent received a vaccine that defends against pneumonia. For adults 65 as well as older, the rate was close to 60 percent overall. In 2010, the adult vaccination rate for hepatitis A was 10.7 percent as well as for hepatitis B the vaccination rate was 42 percent, which is about the alike as the 2009 estimate, the researchers reported. Vaccine rates probably remain abridged for several reasons, Bridges said. "There isn't enough information about which vaccines are needed for adults as well as unlike kids, who possess regularly scheduled doctors' visits for vaccines, this isn't the case for adults," she noted. Also, vaccines schedules for adults are more complicated, Bridges explained. "They are not just based on age, similar most of the pediatric vaccines. Adult vaccines are recommended only for a certain age or incase you possess a high-risk health examination condition or certain occupation or travel. So, it's a little bit complicated." Some adults may possess as well as missed vaccines during childhood, similar the measles, mumps as well as rubella (MMR) vaccine as well as should be vaccinated now, Bridges said. According to the CDC, ways to improve the rate of adult vaccinations include education, best access to vaccines, healthcare professional reminders as well as recall systems.  Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
SOURCES: Carolyn B. Bridges, M.D., associate director, adult immunization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control as well as Prevention; Feb. 3, 2012, CDC, Morbidity as well as Mortality Weekly Report
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