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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
TABLE 1. HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose ) among respondents aged 18-29 years, by state and year — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2011 to 2016
2011
% (95%CI)
2012
% (95%CI)
2013
% (95%CI)
2014
% (95%CI)
2015
% (95%CI)
2016
% (95%CI)
United States
16.8 (13.7-20.0)
18.6 (17.0-20.1)
29.0 (26.8-31.3)
28.0 (26.3-29.6)
32.1 (29.6-34.6)
23.8 (21.8-25.7)
Alabama
15.0 (11.8-18.1)
19.5 (15.9-23.2)
26.0 (22.1-29.9)
Arizona
17.8 (13.8-21.7)
Connecticut
24.0 (18.7-29.4)
26.6 (22.4-30.9)
32.5 (27.0-38.0)
34.3 (30.1-38.6)
Delaware
31.5 (26.8-36.3)
35.9 (29.1-42.6)
Georgia
24.6 (19.9-29.2)
31.5 (25.3-37.8)
Hawaii
23.6 (19.7-27.5)
20.5 (16.9-24.1)
Indiana
22.2 (19.0-25.5)
Maine
20.4 (15.6-25.2)
Massachusetts
29.3 (26.4-32.2)
33.2 (29.3-37.2)
40.2 (36.3-44.2)
43.4 (39.0-47.8)
Minnesota
29.8 (27.2-32.4)
Mississippi
15.7 (12.1-19.3)
Missouri
26.5(21.7-31.3)
28.5 (22.9-34.2)
Nebraska
25.4 (22.1-28.7)
North Carolina
27.9 (23.7-32.0)
Rhode Island
36.4 (30.9-41.9)
41.2 (35.5-46.8)
South Carolina
24.0 (20.6-27.4)
23.2 (19.6-26.7)
South Dakota
25.2 (19.5-30.8)
Tennessee
10.9 (5.2-16.5)
Texas
11.6 (8.5-14.7)
18.6 (14.4-22.7)
West Virginia
16.4 (12.8-20.1)
31.3 (27.3-35.4)
Wisconsin
17.5 (12.4-22.6)
Wyoming
23.4 (16.7-30.0)
immunization (43.4%). In 2016, nine states completed the HPV module (Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas). 23.8% of the overall respondents had received an HPV vaccine in 2016, with Connecticut leading HPV immunization (34.3%).
On analyses by selected characteristics
for each of the study years (Table 2; provided in Table 2 for each year), HPV vaccination coverage was found to be difference was consistent across all study years. Having health insurance and having
associated with higher prevalence of
HPV vaccination. Being unmarried was higher prevalence of HPV vaccination for some years.
race, education, income, and receiving an HIV test (Table 2).
Initiation of HPV vaccination among females aged 18-29 years For the combined data (2013-2016),
a total of 9,142 women answered
HPV vaccination questions in the BRFSS survey. Overall, 4,199 (44.7%) women ever had an HPV vaccination. The initiation of HPV vaccination
among women differed by selected
in HPV initiation were found by race, education, income, insurance, MSA status, marital status, having a personal doctor, and having received an HIV test (Table 3). By race, the prevalence of HPV initiation was lower among blacks (39.6%) and Hispanics (33.4%) as compared to white females (51.1%, p<.0001). HPV vaccination was lower among women living in non-MSA areas (35%, p=.0068), women who were single (32.2%) or in
a (married or other) couple relationship (36.8%, p<.0001), women with less than high school education (36%, p<.0001), women with a lower income (41%, p<.0001), and uninsured women (30.4%,
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