101 |
227.0 |
Index |
5.2.4 |
5.0 |
CM |
Countermeasure Management |
16.0 |
CUE |
Countermeasure Utilization & Effectiveness |
The level to which the community has achieved preparedness for vaccination and immunization and the level to which the community completes a course of countermeasure usage or follows through in the use of an intervention. This also covers the resultant outcome from the appropriate use of the intervention. |
M34 |
Percent of children aged 6 months to 4 years old in the state receiving a seasonal flu vaccination |
The measure is used by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and states to monitor health status and is an important measure of the achievement of the state's immunization objectives. The measure serves as a pre-event indicator of the capacity of the immunization infrastructure in the state needed to respond to an emerging vaccine-controllable disease. |
CDC NIS |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHC), National Immunization Survey (NIS) |
2012—2018 |
Vaccine effectiveness varies each year as a function of the accuracy in predicting the influenza strains covered by each year's vaccine. As a result, expected influenza protection and reduced demand on healthcare facilities may be marginal in the event of a major disaster. |