接 種 率(せっしゅりつ)

せっしゅりつ

noun

vaccination rate; inoculation rate

medical

1. vaccination rate; inoculation rate

The proportion of a population that has received a vaccine or inoculation. A key metric in public health for measuring the progress of vaccination campaigns.

接種率(せっしゅりつ)が上(あ)がってきた。

The vaccination rate has been rising.

この地域(ちいき)のインフルエンザ接種率(せっしゅりつ)は高(たか)い。

The influenza vaccination rate in this area is high.

政府(せいふ)は接種率(せっしゅりつ)を七十(ななじゅう)パーセントまで引(ひ)き上(あ)げることを目標(もくひょう)にしている。

The government aims to raise the vaccination rate to seventy percent.

Composed of 接種(せっしゅ) (vaccination; inoculation) and 率(りつ) (rate; ratio). Became extremely common in everyday Japanese during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Common collocations

ワクチン接種率(せっしゅりつ): vaccine uptake rate
接種率(せっしゅりつ)の向上(こうじょう): improvement of vaccination rate
接種率(せっしゅりつ)が低(ひく)い: vaccination rate is low
接種率(せっしゅりつ)目標(もくひょう): vaccination rate target
年代別(ねんだいべつ)接種率(せっしゅりつ): vaccination rate by age group

Similar words

接種(せっしゅ): vaccination; inoculation — the act of vaccinating, not the rate
予防接種(よぼうせっしゅ): preventive vaccination — the full term for vaccination as a medical procedure
感染率(かんせんりつ): infection rate — measures spread of disease, the opposite concern

Related Words

Compare: 予防接種(よぼうせっしゅ) (preventive vaccination)

Compare: 感染率(かんせんりつ) (infection rate)

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Added 2026.4.30 22:40 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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