In 2017, American Indian/Alaska Native children received the recommended doses of vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, Hib, polio, and chicken pox at the same rate as non-Hispanic white children.
American Indian/Alaska Native adults aged 18 years and over were 20 percent less likely as their non-Hispanic white counterparts to have received the influenza (flu) shot in 2020.
In 2017, American Indian/Alaska Native children were 10 percent less likely to be fully immunized, compared to non-Hispanic white children.
Adults (Influenza):
Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 18 and over who received the influenza (flu) shot, 2019-2020 season
American Indian/Alaska Native*
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 3 doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
93.5
93.8
1.0
Adolescents (MMR):
Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 2 doses of measles, mumps, rubella vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
92.7
93.1
1.0
Adolescents (Tdap):
Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 1 dose of tetanus diphtheria booster or Tdap vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
90.7
91.1
1.0
Adolescents (HPV):
Percentage of adolescents ages 13-17 years, who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
71.1
68.3
1.0
Source: CDC 2018. Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — United States, 2017. Supplementary Table 1. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58073
Children (DTaP):
Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 4 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
74.4
83.0
0.9
Children (Hib):
Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – full series Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
77.1
81.0
1.0
Children (Hepatitis B):
Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine, 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
88.1
91.1
1.0
Children (MMR):
Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.5
91.2
1.0
Children (Polio):
Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses of polio, 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.7
92.3
1.0
Children (Chicken Pox):
Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 1 dose varicella vaccine (chicken pox), 2017
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
88.1
90.3
1.0
Children (Fully Immunized):
Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who are fully immunized, 2017 (4:3:1:3)
American Indian/Alaska Native
Non-Hispanic White
American Indian/Alaska
Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
68.9
71.5
0.9
Source: CDC 2018. Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19–35 Months — United States, 2017. Supplementary Table 1. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59414
*All data in the above surveys relate to non-Hispanic American Indians/Alaska Natives.
