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Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Levels Among Persons Aged 65 Years—United States, 2001

JAMA. 2002;288:2815-2817.

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MMWR. 2002;51:1019-1024

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Two vaccine-preventable diseases, influenza and pneumococcal disease, contribute to the mortality of older persons in the United States. Influenza caused an average of 20,000 deaths per year during influenza epidemics in the United States from 1969 to 1996; persons aged 65 years accounted for approximately 90% of these deaths.¹ Pneumococcal disease caused approximately 3,400 deaths among persons aged 65 years in the United States in 1998.² National health objectives for 2010 include increasing influenza and pneumococcal vaccination levels to 90% among persons aged 65 years (objective nos. 14.29a and 14.29b, respectively).³ To assess progress toward achieving these objectives, CDC analyzed data from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). This report summarizes the results, which indicate that the estimated point prevalences of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination were <80% among persons aged 65 years in all reporting areas. Influenza vaccination levels during 2000-2001 decreased from . . . [Full Text of this Article]