Protecting Meriwether Families

A Data Guide for Vaccines in Meriwether County

The Current Landscape

Meriwether County tells a story of strong early foundations followed by a significant drop-off. While our toddler immunization rates are good (over 88.5% for MMR), we face a critical gap at school entry, where only 57.9% of Kindergarteners are up-to-date. This decline is largely driven by a high 32.6% Religious Exemption Rate, signaling a need to shift focus from logistics to trust-building.

0% Kindergarten Rate
Target: 95% (Critical Gap)
0% Religious Exemptions
Exemption Rate
0% Toddler MMR Rate
Early Coverage (19-35m)
0% Toddler DTaP Rate
Early Coverage (19-35m)
0% Certified Childcare
Compliance in Centers
Note on the data: For specific MMR and TDaP vaccination rates: All vaccine administration records and demographic data for children born between February 01, 2022 and May 31, 2024 were obtained from the Georgia Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services (GRITS). Data cleaning removed records if they contained no childhood vaccines, were out-of-state, duplicated, created for testing, or created as a placeholder at birth, or if a child died, resulting in 286,826 records. Each record was evaluated and if all doses of a vaccine were correctly administered by 36 months, the child was considered up-to-date on (or covered by) that vaccine.