A New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) report examines HPV vaccination coverage in New York State from 2018–2020. Data on adolescent vaccination were made available through the New York State Immunization Information System and represent trends for the 57 counties outside of New York City. The report finds that the HPV vaccination coverage rate increased between 2018 and 2020. Despite these improvements, the coverage rate for the HPV series is still well below the state’s target for HPV vaccinations. The report also presents differences in vaccination coverage by gender, race/ethnicity, and geography. For example, the lowest rates of HPV vaccination coverage were consistently found in the Lower Hudson and Long Island, New York regions. And contrary to trends for many other vaccinations, Hispanic or Latino and Black or African-American adolescents had the highest rates of HPV vaccination coverage over the study period.
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