CDC Ranks Arizona Third in Nation for Vaccine Coverage

A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that looked at states’ effectiveness in vaccinating vulnerable populations ranked Arizona third in the nation. The report was conducted using the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), which is acknowledged nationally and uses several indicators including — but not limited to — age, minority status, and housing type.

Arizona is one of the few states where vaccine coverage in counties with high social vulnerability outweighed counties with low social vulnerability. The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has been conducting extensive outreach to underserved areas of Arizona in order to increase vaccine access. The department’s pilot program began in the Phoenix metro; ADHS volunteers canvassed underserved areas on foot, registering residents for vaccination and securing them transportation to vaccination site.

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