Vaccination coverage levels among children aged 19-35 months--United States, April-June 1994.

A national health objective for the year 2000 is to increase to at least 90% the proportion of children aged 2 years who have received the complete series of routinely recommended childhood vaccinations (objective 20.11) (1). To assist in achieving the year 2000 objective, the Childhood Immunization Initiative (CII) was begun to increase vaccination coverage levels among preschool-aged children and to reduce or eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States by 1996 (2). Vaccination coverage goals were established for each routinely recommended vaccination. In addition, interim goals for 1994 and 1995* were established to assist in monitoring progress toward CII's 1996 goals. This report presents national estimates of vaccination coverage among children aged 19-35 months derived from provisional data from CDC's National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the second quarter of 1994 (April-June; the most recent period for which data were available), compares these data with the previous three quarters, and summarizes progress toward the CII's interim goals for 1994.