2000 MMWR articles are embargoed until 4 p.m. E.S.T. Thursdays. 8245 CDC-funded immunization registries are being developed in all 50 states. Immunization registries also can play an important role in vaccine safety surveillance. Several registries have used their data to recall children who have received sub-potent lots or an inadequate dosage of vaccine, and to monitor the implementation of new vaccine recommendations. In areas of low prevalence and intensity of helminth infection, palmar pallor is not associated with helminth infection.
Helminths cause malnutrition and anemia among children.
Some cities and counties are healthier than others. City planners, civic boosters, real estate agents, and especially local public health departments are acutely aware that the physical and mental health of a community's residents is influenced by many environmental and population characteristics. Yet, there have been few national efforts to study these factors and guide local health policy makers. County data from 1993-1997 show that poverty level, high school graduation, unemployment, severe work disability, all cause mortality, and the proportion of births to adolescents each affect the unhealthy days reported by county residents.