Database Lab Project - Vaccination

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Database Lab Project - Vaccination

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Executive Summary
Vaccination is a practice that different countries strive to administer to their citizens to
prevent the outbreak and spread of diseases. However, countries must rely on quality and
accurate information to plan and identify the trends in vaccination for different conditions in
future planning. Therefore, the lab report presents the use of data from a reliable source. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and database provides information on the
vaccination of measles, mumps, and rubella in the United States from 1998 to 2016. The target
group was children between 19- and 35-months old and was based on the race and poverty levels
of their parents. From the descriptive analysis, it is noted that white children had a higher rate of
vaccination compared to Black children, and those individuals living below the poverty line
exhibited lower rates of vaccination compared to those living above the poverty level.
Introduction
Vaccination is an essential exercise that establishes health growth and development
among individuals. Initially, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018) reported that,
in the mid-20th century, chronic diseases such as haemophilus influenza, polio, measles,
whooping cough, and rubella struck thousands of adults, children, and infants across the United
States. Since the development of the vaccines and their widespread usage, the rates of these
diseases have been on the decline and most of them are barely heard of today (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). The agency further reported that nearly anyone in the
United States was diagnosed with measles before the invention of the vaccines, which resulted in
many deaths each year. Additionally, an epidemic of rubella commonly known as German
measles infected 12.5 million Americans resulting in 2,000 children mortalities and 11,000

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miscarriages between 1964 and1965 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018).
However, since the advent of vaccinations, only 15 cases have been reported since 2012.
Problem Definition
With such progressive success in healthcare due to vaccination, one might ask why the
relevant agencies keep administering vaccines for diseases that are rarely reported or seemingly
extinct. It is essential to note that vaccines not only protect individuals but also prevent the
spread of the diseases in a population. If a case of a disease is introduced into a community with
unvaccinated individuals, an outbreak is likely to occur. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (2018) reported that in 2013, cases of measles infection were reported in Texas and
New York City, which were associated with low rates of vaccination among the people in those
locations. This lab report presents the use of databases to obtain data for the evaluation of
vaccination rates of measles, mumps, and rubella as a problem facing the country.
Performance: The Measurement
The measurements under performance would focus on the data sources, period of study,
the methodology, target population, the system analysis of the measurements.
Data Sources and Measurement Period
The vaccination data was collected from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
website, which provided information on vaccination rates of different diseases using the data
finder tool. The tool helped in identification of the information on the selected conditions.
Concisely, the vaccination information accessed from the website was used to evaluate key
aspects of the previous statistics on administering vaccines in the United States. The site has a
collection of data from 1998 to 2016 that was collected for the lab report project (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 2017). The selected measurement period was adequate for