Table 4.
State or District | Religiosity (%) | Political Ideology | Education Policy Setsb | Vaccine Exemptionc | HPV vaccine completion (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative (%) | Moderate (%) | Liberal (%) | |||||
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