In California, the number of personal belief exemptions for vaccinations filed for kindergartners increased in 41 of 58 counties from 2009 to 2010. In San Diego, 3.1 percent of kindergartners had the exemptions in 2010. In 18 counties, more than 5 percent of kindergartners had the exemptions.
Use the map below to search for personal belief exemption rates by county for the state of California. Click the buttons to narrow the search to the counties that had at least 5 percent or 10 percent of their kindergarten population start the 2010 school year with the exemptions.
The darker red the county, the higher the percentage of kindergartners with personal belief exemptions.