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Vaccine Information & Resources

National Websites:

Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

American Academy of Pediatrics - Immunization

Voices for Vaccines

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Vaccines & Immunizations

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Vaccine Safety

Immunization Action Coalition

Oklahoma State Website:

Oklahoma Immunization Services

Oklahoma County Website:

Oklahoma City County Health Department - Immunizations

CDC statistics demonstrate dramatic declines in vaccine-preventable diseases when compared with the pre-vaccine era.

DiseasePre-Vaccine Era
Estimated
Annual Deaths*
Most Recent Reports
or Estimates of
U.S. Cases
Percent
Decrease
Diphtheria21,0530**100%
H. Influenzae
(invasive,<5 years
20,000243**99%
Hepatitis A117,33311,04999%
Hepatits B (acute)66,23211,26983%
Measles530,21761**<99%
Mumps162,344982**99%
Pertussis200,75213,506**93%
Pneumococcal disease
(invasive, >5 years of age
16,0694,16774%
Polio (paralytic)16,3160**100%
Rubella47,7454**>99%
Congenital Rubella
Syndrome
1521**99%
Smallpox29,0050**100%
Tetanus58014**98%
Varicella4,085,120449,36389%

*CDC. JAMA, November 14,2007;**