Immunizations and American Indians/Alaska Natives

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 WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
42.352.80.8

Source: CDC 2020. Flu Vaccination Coverage, United States, 2019–20 Influenza Season.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/coverage-1920estimates.htm#additional

Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 65 years and over who received the influenza (flu) shot, 2019-2020 season
American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
65.571.90.9

Source: CDC 2020. Flu Vaccination Coverage, United States, 2019–20 Influenza Season.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/coverage-1920estimates.htm#additional

Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 18 and over who received the pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), 2015
American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
60.368.10.9

Source: CDC 2017. Health United States, 2016. Table 69.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus16.pdf [PDF | 11.14MB]

Adolescents (Hepatitis):

Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 3 doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
93.593.81.0

Adolescents (MMR):

Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 2 doses of measles, mumps, rubella vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
92.793.11.0

Adolescents (Tdap):

Percentage adolescents aged 13-17 years, who received 1 dose of tetanus diphtheria booster or Tdap vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
90.791.11.0

Adolescents (HPV):

Percentage of adolescents ages 13-17 years, who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, 2019
American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic White American Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
71.168.31.0

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 NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
74.483.00.9

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 NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
77.181.01.0

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 NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
88.191.11.0

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 NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.591.21.0

Children (Polio):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination – 3 doses of polio, 2017
American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
89.792.31.0

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 NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
88.190.31.0

Children (Fully Immunized):

Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who are fully immunized, 2017 (4:3:1:3)
American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic WhiteAmerican Indian/Alaska Native /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
68.971.50.9

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.