{"id":12432,"date":"2020-06-29T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/?p=12432"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:15:07","slug":"vaccination-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/news\/vaccination-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Immunization and vaccination statistics 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vaccines prevent serious, life-threatening diseases by training your body to fight viruses or bacteria before coming into contact with them. An anti-vaccination movement has grown in recent years due to misinformation that vaccines cause autism and other conditions, but<\/span> research<\/span><\/a> still shows that vaccines are safe and effective. Let’s look at some vaccine statistics and facts to understand better what they are and why they’re essential.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are vaccinations?<\/span><\/h2>\n

According to the <\/span>World Health Organization<\/span><\/a> (WHO), vaccinations are \u201c<\/span>a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting you against harmful diseases before you come into contact with them.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Each<\/span> vaccine<\/span><\/a> is a biological preparation that stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies, which help kill diseases. A vaccine often contains part of the disease it’s trying to prevent. It may have weakened or killed forms of a microbe, one of its toxins, or even one of its surface proteins. Putting an inactive part of the disease into the body teaches the immune system to recognize and kill it upon future exposure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Types of vaccines<\/span><\/h3>\n

There are six different types of vaccines, according to the <\/span>U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<\/span><\/a> (HHS):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n