CDC reports a majority of American children get necessary vaccinations

NEW YORK Most American kids get their vaccinations, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In fact, vaccination rates are hovering around record levels, with 90 percent of children receiving all but one of the recommended vaccines. Additionally, according to the CDC’s 2007 National Immunization Survey, 77.4 percent of kids get all the recommended vaccines, and no differences exist between racial or ethnic groups.

The vaccines that the CDC recommends include four doses of vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough; three doses of polio vaccine; at least one dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine; three doses of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine; three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine and at least one dose of the chickenpox vaccine.