According to rises of a survey by ...

According to rises of a survey by the Center for Disease regulate and Prevention (CDC), the number of children in the United States receiving immunizations reached an all-time high in 2002 especially in the coverage rates for varicella and pnuemococcal conjugate vaccines. National vaccination coverage with varicella vaccine increased from 763 percent in 2001 to 806 percent in 2002 Coverage remained steady for all other vaccines in 2002 compared with 2001 The CDC reported that because of nationwide immunization efforts, the number of principally vaccine-preventable diseases has been reduc by way of more than 99 percent since the implementation of immunization programs. The sated results of this study can be fix on the National Immunizations contemplate (NIS) 2002 data Web site at www.cdc.gov/nip/coverage/NIS/02/toc-02.htm. The AAFP recommendations in succession immunizations are available online at www.aafp. org/x10631.xml.

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