US Vaccination Rates: Texas Falls Behind Vaccination

By Mary Anne R. Sep 15 2020, 01:18 AM EDT

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The state of Texas placed 48th in WalletHub's study of states that vaccinate the most.

WalletHub study analyzed states that vaccinate the most. Texas ranked ahead of New Jersey, Georgia, and Mississippi.

The top three states with the most significant number of vaccinations are Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

WalletHub focused on 50 states plus the District of Columbia across 18 key categories.

Included date ranges from the share of vaccinated children to the percentage of people without health insurance.

This also includes the presence of reported measles outbreaks.

The report also gave each state a ranking in three main categories, such as children's and teenagers' immunization rates, adult and elderly vaccination rates, and immunization uptake disparities and factors.

Texas placed 49, 41, and 36, respectively, in the said categories. Meanwhile, it is given a score of 34.67.

Massachusetts, which is the top state, earned a score of 79.83. Mississippi ranked last in all three categories, with a total score of 16. 36.

Another key indicator in the study was "Highest Share of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population without Heal Insurance Coverage," wherein Texas did not perform well.

The state ranked last.

"Vaccines are incredibly important, but in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent anti-vaccination trends, it's clear that the public needs greater education on their benefits and how they work," WalletHub was quoted in a report.

Here are some of the states with the highest vaccination rates, according to WalletHub's analysis

1. Massachusetts

2. Vermont

3. New Hampshire

4. North Dakota

5. Rhode Island

6. Maryland

7. Washington

8. Iowa

9. Nebraska

10. Oregon

Meanwhile, here are the 10 states with the lowest vaccination rates across the country:

1. Mississippi

2. Georgia

3. New Jersey

4. Texas

5. Wyoming

6. Nevada

7. Alaska

8. South Carolina

9. Hawaii

10. Arizona

How this will affect, the success or failure of an effective COVID-19 vaccine is still uncertain.

The World Health Organization says that vaccines prevented at least 10 million deaths around the world from 2010 to 2015.

On the other hand, AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine trial remains on hold in the United States.

AstraZeneca on Saturday said that it had restarted its trial in Britain after regulators completed their review of serious side effects in one trial participant there

Meanwhile, a separate analysis of health system performance was done by The Commonwealth Fund's "2020 Scorecard on State Health System Performance."

The analysis focused on 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The study used indicators such as access and affordability, prevention and treatment, potentially avoidable hospital use and cost, and healthy lives.

The results showed that Hawaii is the top-ranked state for healthcare access, quality of care, and other key measures.

Included in the top 10 of states with exceptional overall health system performance are:

1. Hawaii

2. Massachusetts

3. Minnesota

4. Iowa

5. Connecticut

6. Colorado

T-6. Vermont