Weekly Influenza Vaccination Status and Intent for Vaccination, Overall, by Selected Demographics, and Jurisdiction, Children 6 Months-17 Years, United States

Weekly Influenza Vaccination Status and Intent for Vaccination, Overall, by Selected Demographics, and Jurisdiction, Children 6 Months-17 Years. Weekly Influenza vaccination coverage and parental intent for vaccination among children is calculated using data from the National Immunization SurveyFlu (NISFlu) (https://www.cdc.gov/nis/about/index.html). NISFlu is a national random-digit-dialed cellular telephone survey of households with children ages 6 months17 years conducted during October-June. The respondent to a NISFlu survey is a parent or guardian who said they were knowledgeable about the childs vaccination history. All estimates are based upon parental report of receipt of vaccination and month of that vaccination. The NIS-Flu data posted on the dashboard below are currently a few days behind the data that are posted on theRespiratory Illnesses Data Channel (https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/data/index.html). This lag is due to the time it takes to review data by geographic and sociodemographic characteristics and summarize the findings. Read less