1983 Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule (Table 1), reproduced in ACIP meeting slide deck

Government Record · ACIP / CDC (slide deck by A. Siri for Dec 4-5, 2025 ACIP meeting) · 1983

1983 schedule: DTP x3 + OPV x2 by 6 months; MMR at 15 months; DTP-4/OPV-3 at 18 months; DTP-5/OPV-4 at 4-6 years; Td at 14-16 years. Total through age 6: 5 DTP + 4 OPV + 1 MMR = 10 doses protecting against 7 diseases. This is the baseline for the lyric 'five or seven vaccines by age six' (1970s-80s era).

TABLE 1. Recommended schedule for active immunization of normal infants and children

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1983 schedule: DTP x3 + OPV x2 by 6 months; MMR at 15 months; DTP-4/OPV-3 at 18 months; DTP-5/OPV-4 at 4-6 years; Td at 14-16 years. Total through age 6: 5 DTP + 4 OPV + 1 MMR = 10 doses protecting against 7 diseases. This is the baseline for the lyric 'five or seven vaccines by age six' (1970s-80s era).

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