A survey of U.S. adults from 2024 found that around 73 percent of respondents thought it was very accurate or somewhat accurate that there is no evidence of a link between measles vaccines and getting autism, as stated by the CDC. However, around a quarter of U.S. adults do not accept the CDC's statement that there is no evidence linking the measles vaccine to getting autism. Vaccinations against measles have resulted in significant decreases in cases and deaths from the disease in the United States. However, vaccine hesitancy and skepticism have been blamed for an increasing number of measles cases.
Percentage of U.S. adults who thought it was accurate that there was no evidence of a link between measles vaccines and getting autism in 2018 and 2024
Characteristic
Very accurate
Somewhat accurate
Not sure (volunteered)
Somewhat inaccurate
Very inaccurate
October 2018*
35%
37%
2%
18%
8%
April 2024
41%
32%
3%
18%
6%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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Original statement: "The CDC has said that there is no evidence of a link between measles vaccine and getting autism."
* "The 2018 survey data comes from the first wave of the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Resistance to Vaccines Longitudinal Survey (RVLS), a panel of 3,005 U.S. adults, conducted by NORC, an independent research company. This wave was fielded between September 21, 2018, and October 6, 2018, and has a margin of sampling error of ± 2.6 percentage points at the 95% confidence level."
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Annenberg Public Policy Center. (June 2, 2024). Percentage of U.S. adults who thought it was accurate that there was no evidence of a link between measles vaccines and getting autism in 2018 and 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560959/agreement-no-link-between-measles-vaccine-and-autism/
Annenberg Public Policy Center. "Percentage of U.S. adults who thought it was accurate that there was no evidence of a link between measles vaccines and getting autism in 2018 and 2024." Chart. June 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560959/agreement-no-link-between-measles-vaccine-and-autism/
Annenberg Public Policy Center. (2024). Percentage of U.S. adults who thought it was accurate that there was no evidence of a link between measles vaccines and getting autism in 2018 and 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560959/agreement-no-link-between-measles-vaccine-and-autism/
Annenberg Public Policy Center. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Thought It Was Accurate That There Was No Evidence of a Link between Measles Vaccines and Getting Autism in 2018 and 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560959/agreement-no-link-between-measles-vaccine-and-autism/
Annenberg Public Policy Center, Percentage of U.S. adults who thought it was accurate that there was no evidence of a link between measles vaccines and getting autism in 2018 and 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560959/agreement-no-link-between-measles-vaccine-and-autism/ (last visited April 08, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. adults who thought it was accurate that there was no evidence of a link between measles vaccines and getting autism in 2018 and 2024 [Graph], Annenberg Public Policy Center, June 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560959/agreement-no-link-between-measles-vaccine-and-autism/
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