2012
DOI: 10.1056/nejmc1209037
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Vaccination Policies and Rates of Exemption from Immunization, 2005–2011

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“…1,11,19 The past several decades have seen a shift in parental concerns from disease prevention to vaccination risks, largely and paradoxically because of the success of largescale immunization. 27 Despite the increasing visibility of pockets of unvaccinated schoolchildren and associated outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, attempts by state legislatures to allow more parents to opt out of mandatory school vaccinations continue.…”
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“…1,11,19 The past several decades have seen a shift in parental concerns from disease prevention to vaccination risks, largely and paradoxically because of the success of largescale immunization. 27 Despite the increasing visibility of pockets of unvaccinated schoolchildren and associated outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, attempts by state legislatures to allow more parents to opt out of mandatory school vaccinations continue.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The multifactorial nature of vaccine exemption is demonstrated by the overlapping exemption rates between complexity categories. Philosophical exemptions were historically associated with higher exemption rates, 1,11,19 which may help explain why Maine and Utah have exemption rates higher than 3.0 percent despite exemption procedures of medium complexity. Similarly, Connecticut, Maryland, and South Dakota have rates lower than 1.0 percent despite their less complex procedures, perhaps because they do not grant exemptions for philosophical reasons.…”
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