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About vaccination

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Isn’t my teen already vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis?

Your teen may have received a meningitis shot at age 11 or 12. But they may not have received additional shots once they turned 16, to help protect them from all 5 leading types of meningococcal meningitis—A, B, C, W, and Y.

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Teens are more at risk for meningococcal meningitis when they have:

Never been vaccinated
Gaps in their vaccination schedule

Many teens don’t get all the doses they need as they enter their years of increased risk (ages 16 to 23).

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_{Among 17-year-olds in the 2022 National Immunization Survey, only 61% had received 2 or more MenACWY vaccine doses and only 12% had received 2 or more MenB vaccine doses.}

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Among older teens, the vaccination rates are as follows^†:

11%

never got their first vaccination for types A, C, W, and Y

Graph depicting that 11% of older teens never got their first vaccination for types A, C, W, and Y

39%

never got their second vaccination for types A, C, W, and Y

Graph depicting that 39% of older teens never got their second vaccination for types A, C, W, and Y

71%

never got their first type B vaccination

Graph depicting that 71% of older teens never got their first type B vaccination

88%

never got their second type B vaccination

Graph depicting that 88% of older teens never got their second type B vaccination

_†_{Among 17-year-olds in the 2022 National Immunization Survey, only 61% had received 2 or more MenACWY vaccine doses and only 12% had received 2 or more MenB vaccine doses. Statistics about vaccination series completion based on 2020 recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).}

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