Vaccination data from the California Department of Public Health. The data found online include the vaccination information reported by schools for each school year. This dataset is from the 2017-2018 school year. Dataset contains information for each county in CA. To compile county level data, numbers for all schools in each county are averaged.
A data frame with variables:
Jurisdiction of California.
Total number of students enrolled.
Total number of up to date students. Up to date students must have four doses of polio vaccine (three doses are acceptable if at least one dose was received on or after the fourth birthday), five DTaP/DTP/DT vaccine doses (four doses are acceptable if at least one dose was received on or after the fourth birthday), and two doses of measles-containing vaccine, at least one of which must be measles, mumps, and rubella combined. Both doses must have been received on or after the first birthday. In addition, student must have three doses of hepatitis B vaccine and one dose of varicella vaccine or physician-documented varicella disease.
Total number of students that do not meet all requirements. This may because the student lacks but is not yet due for a required dose, has a physician affidavit of Temporary Medical Exemption for one or more doses, or is a transfer student who has no record yet.
Total number of students with a Permanent Medical Exemption (PME). Indicates that the physical condition of the student or medical circumstances relating to the student are such that immunization is permanently not indicated.
Total number of students with a Personal Belief Exemption (PBE), whereby a parent requests exemption from the immunization requirements for school entry because all or some immunizations are contrary to the parent's beliefs.
Total number of students with full DTP vaccination course. Full course defined as 4 or more doses of any diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccines including diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and any acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP/DTP/DT).
Percent of students with full Polio vaccination course. Full course defined as 3 or more doses of polio vaccine; oral polio vaccine (OPV) or inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) or any combination of these.
Total number of students with full MMR vaccination course. Full course defined as 2 doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine.
Total number of students with full HepB vaccination course. Full course defined as 3 or more doses of Hepatitis B vaccine.
Total number of students with full Varicella vaccination course. Full course defined as 1 or more doses of varicella at or after child's first birthday, unadjusted for history of varicella illness.
The percent of up to date students. See total_Up_to_Date.
The percent of students that are conditional. See total_Conditional.
The percent of students with PME. See total_PME.
The percent of students with PBE. See total_PBE.
The percent of students vaccinated with DTP. See total_DTP.
The percent of students vaccinated against polio. See total_Polio.
The percent of students vaccinated with MMR. See total_MMR.
The percent of students vaccinated against HepB. See total_HepB.
The percent of students vaccinated against varicella. See total_Var.
The year that the data was collected. School years represented as
XXXX-YYYY are coded as being collected in year YYYY.