The willingness of children and young people in Saxony-Anhalt to be vaccinated is quite good in a nationwide comparison. In the pandemic, however, there were significantly fewer spades, as an evaluation shows. Vaccination, in particular, was administered much less frequently.
Magdeburg (dpa/sa) - Children and young people in Saxony-Anhalt were vaccinated against childhood diseases such as measles, mumps or rubella less frequently than before during the corona pandemic. In a nationwide comparison, however, they are still doing well when it comes to vaccination. This is shown by an analysis by the health insurance company DAK-Gesundheit.
Compared to 2019, the number of people who were vaccinated at least once in 2021 fell by eight percent, according to the health insurance company. However, the decline was higher nationwide at minus eleven percent. This means that around 21,000 fewer children and adolescents were extrapolated last year in Saxony-Anhalt than in 2019. All vaccinations except Covid-19 were considered.
According to the health insurance company, the proportion of children and young people who have received a vaccination is higher in Germany than in many other federal states. In Saxony-Anhalt, for example, more than 37 percent of children and young people with DAK insurance received at least one vaccination in 2021. This puts Saxony-Anhalt in fifth place in the country ranking. The national average was around 33 percent. Bavaria, Saxony, Baden-Württemberg and Saarland lie ahead of Saxony-Anhalt.
However, the experts found an above-average decline in HPV vaccinations. There, the initial vaccinations fell by 38 percent (Federal government: minus 24 percent). For girls, the minus was 24 percent, for boys it was 47 percent. The Standing Vaccination Commission has recommended HPV vaccination for girls since 2007 and for boys since 2018 as cancer prevention. Human papillomavirus is sexually transmitted and can cause cervical, anal, penile, and oropharyngeal cancer.
According to DAK-Gesundheit, billing data from around 18,500 children and young people up to the age of 17 who are insured with them were examined for the representative evaluation. Data from 89,000 doctor visits and 18,000 vaccinations were included. In Saxony-Anhalt, around 115,000 people are insured with DAK-Gesundheit.
