New York State School Immunization Rates, 2012-2019

New York State schools, excluding New York City public schools, reported aggregate immunization data for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The survey covers seven school years from 2012-2013 through 2018-2019 and was published by health.data.ny.gov. Data includes percentages of students immunized against specific diseases, exemption rates, and school location information.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic disparities in vaccination coverage using Percent Immunized Measles, Percent Immunized Polio, and County columns.
• Model trends in exemption rates over time using Percent Medical Exemptions, Percent Religious Exemptions, and Report Period columns.
• Map school-level immunization completeness for community health planning using Percent Completely Immunized, School Name, and Coordinates columns.
• Compare immunization rates across different school districts using District Name, Percent Immunized HepatitisB, and Percent Immunized Varicella columns.

Strengths

• Data covers seven consecutive school years from 2012-2013 through 2018-2019.
• Includes over 20 columns detailing immunization percentages for specific diseases, exemption rates, and precise geographic identifiers like Coordinates and Zip Code.
• Aggregated at the school level, providing granularity for local analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Excludes New York City public schools, limiting the dataset's comprehensiveness for the entire state.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Aggregate data collected from schools in New York State via the School Immunization Survey.

Time Range

School years 2012-2013 through 2018-2019

Freshness

Last updated 2025-01-13 19:50:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, excluding New York City public schools.