Going beyond the individual: how state-level characteristics relate to HPV vaccine rates in the United States

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Top 5 High and Low HPV Coverage States^a

State or District	Religiosity (%)	Political Ideology			Education Policy Sets^b	Vaccine Exemption^c	HPV vaccine completion (%)
State or District	Religiosity (%)	Conservative (%)	Moderate (%)	Liberal (%)	Education Policy Sets^b	Vaccine Exemption^c	HPV vaccine completion (%)
High State HPV Coverage Rates
RI	49	26	35	30	SA-YY	MR	70.8
DC	53	15	39	36	SA-YN	MR	62.0
DE	52	26	40	25	SA-YY	MR	56.9
MA	33	23	35	36	SA-NN	MR	56.6
ME	34	34	33	30	SA-YY	MRP	56.0
Low State HPV Coverage Rates
TX	64	39	32	21	SA-NY	MRP	32.9
UT	64	45	31	20	SA-YY	MRP	30.5
MS	77	45	30	19	SA-YY	M	29.1
SC	70	43	35	15	SA-YY	MR	29.1
WY	54	41	33	17	SA-NN	MR	26.7

^aOverview of the states with the highest and lowest HPV completion rates in the United States and current comparison of political ideology, religiosity, education policy, and vaccine exemptions per state
^bSA-YY sex-YES & abstinence-YES, SA-YN Sex-YES & abstinence-NO, SA-NY Sex-NO & abstinence-YES, SA-NN Sex-NO & abstinence-NO
^cM Medical vaccine exemption, MR Medical and religious vaccine exemption, MRP Medical, religious, and personal vaccine exemptio

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