Record number of Oregon kindergartners lack vaccinations due to nonmedical exemptions

Record-high Vaccine Exemptions for Kindergartners

A record 9.7% of kindergartners claimed nonmedical exemptions from Oregon’s school vaccination requirements for the 2024-2025 school year, the highest rate ever recorded in the state, Oregon Health Authority announced today. The increase continues an upward trend from 8.8% in 2024, when Oregon had the fourth-highest nonmedical exemption rate in the United States, behind Idaho, Alaska and Utah, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre…

More Oregon parents are asking for vaccine exemptions for their kids, data show • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The Oregon Health Authority announced on Thursday that vaccine rates among kindergarteners has consecutively declined for the last three years. Data from the Oregon Immunization Program show 86.3% of Oregon kindergarteners were fully vaccinated with all required vaccines for this school year, a slight decrease from 86.4% last year. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)Nearly one in 10 Oregon kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated because the…

Record number of Oregon kindergartners lack vaccinations due to nonmedical exemptions

Nearly 10% of Oregon kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated because they have nonmedical exemptions.

Record Number of Oregon Kindergartners Unvaccinated - The Corvallis Advocate

Nearly one in 10 Oregon kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated because their parents asked for nonmedical vaccine exemptions, setting a state record. In the 2024-25 school year, 9.7% of kindergartners received nonmedical exemptions from Oregon’s school vaccination requirements, according to new data from the Oregon Health Authority. This is the highest rate recorded in the state’s history, and it’s an increase from last year when 8.8% of kinderg…

Oregon Health Authority: Record High Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions for Kindergartners

May 15, 2025 Oregon reports record-high nonmedical vaccine exemptions for kindergartners But most families continue to vaccinate their kids, OHA officials say PORTLAND, Ore.—A record 9.7% of kindergartners claimed nonmedical exemptions from Oregon’s school vaccination requirements for the 2024-2025 school year, the highest rate ever recorded in the state, Oregon Health Authority announced today. The increase continues an upward trend from 8.8% i…

More Oregon parents are asking for vaccine exemptions for their kids, data show - Salem Reporter

Nearly one in 10 Oregon kindergartners aren’t fully vaccinated because their parents asked for nonmedical vaccine exemptions, setting a state record. In the 2024-25 school year, 9.7% of kindergartners received nonmedical exemptions from Oregon’s school vaccination requirements, according to new data from the Oregon Health Authority.  This is the highest rate recorded in the state’s history, and it’s an increase from last year when 8.8% of kinder…