Learn more about why Immunization (focus area 14) is one of the top ten indicators.

The objectives selected to measure progress among adolescents and adults for this Leading Health Indicator are presented below. These are only indicators and do not represent all the physical activity and fitness objectives included in Healthy People 2010.

• Objective 14-24
• Objective 14-29a
• Objective 14-29b

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Objective: Increase the proportion of young children (aged 19-35 months) who receive all vaccines that have been recommended (4DTaP, 3 polio, 1 MMR, 3 Hib, 3 hep B) for universal administration for at least 5 years (14-24a)

1998 Healthy People Baseline: 73 percent
Healthy People 2010 Target: 80 percent

• National:
  • Reported Immunization of 19-35 Month Old Children, United States and Cass County, North Dakota, 1998
    • Raw Data
    • Detailed Source Information
• State (Minnesota and North Dakota)
  • Percent of Children Under 2 Years of Age Who Have Received Age-Appropriate Immunizations, North Dakota, April 1994-March 1995
    • Raw Data
    • Detailed Source Information
• County (Clay County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
  • Percent of Newly-Enrolled Kindergartners Fully Immunized by Age Immunized, Clay County, Minnesota, 1996-1997
    • Raw Data
    • Detailed Source Information

Objective: Increase the proportion of non-institutionalized adults aged 63 or older who are vaccinated annually against influenza (14-29a)

1998 Baseline: 64 percent
2010 Target: 90 percent

• National/State:
  • Percent of Persons Age 65 and Older Who Have Received Flu Shots, North Dakota, Minnesota and U.S., 1999
    • Raw Data
    • Detailed Source Information
• State (Minnesota and North Dakota)
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• County (Clay County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
  • Reported Immunization of Persons 65 or Older, North Dakota and Cass County, North Dakota, 1998 **also listed below under Objective 14-29b**
    • Raw Data
    • Detailed Source Information

Objective: Increase the proportion of non-institutionalized adults aged 63 or older who are ever vaccinated against pneumococcal disease (14-29b)

1998 Baseline: 46 percent
2010 Target: 90 percent

• National/State
• State (Minnesota and North Dakota)
  • Percent of Adults 65 and Older Who Have Received Pneumococcal Vaccinations, Minnesota, 1995-1998
    • Raw Data
    • Detailed Source Information
• County (Clay County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
  • Reported Immunization of Persons 65 or Older, North Dakota and Cass County, North Dakota, 1998 **also listed above under Objective 14-29a**
    • Raw Data
    • Detailed Source Information

Objective: Prevent disease, disability, and death from infectious diseases, including vaccine-preventable
diseases (14).

Please select one of the following graphs:

• Percent of Persons of All Ages Who Have Received Flu Shots by Gender, North Dakota, Minnesota and U.S., 1999
  • Raw Data
  • Detailed Source Information
• Percent of Persons of All Ages Who Have Received Flu Shots by Gender, North Dakota and Minnesota, 2000 --Nat'l data not available for 2000
  • Raw Data
  • Detailed Source Information