Vaccination coverage surveys in county health departments--Kansas, 1993-1994.

The objective of the Childhood Immunization Initiative (CII) is to protect all children in the United States by their second birthday against nine vaccine-preventable diseases. Specific objectives for 1994 were to increase coverage levels to at least 85% for the third dose of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine (DTP3) and the first dose of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR1); 75% for the third doses of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV3) and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib3); and 30% for the third dose of hepatitis B vaccine (HepB3) (1). To determine whether county health departments in Kansas had achieved the national vaccination objectives, in 1993 staff from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) began assessing vaccination coverage rates for children aged 2 years served by county health departments in that state. This report presents the results of the first vaccination coverage assessments of all 105 county health departments in Kansas during November 1993-November 1994.