U.S. teens HPV vaccination changes due to COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, by state
In New York City from March to May 2020, there was a 85.5 percent decrease in the number of HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine doses administered to adolescents 13-17 years compared to the same months in 2018 and 2019. The percent change was less pronounced from June to September when stay-at-home orders were mostly lifted, but still 25.1 percent less HPV vaccines were given than in the years prior.
This statistic reveals the median weekly percent change in HPV vaccinations in 2020 among U.S. adolescents aged 13-17 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic compared to 2018-2019, by state.