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. 2003 Feb 15;326(7385):364–365. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.364

Table.

Percentages of children in public care and children living at home who were not immunised against meningitis C in nine health districts and risk ratios for not being immunised. Numbers for the percentages are available on bmj.com

District
Age 0-4 years*
Age 5-9 years*
Age 10-15 years†
Age16-18 years
All ages
% in public care
% at home
Risk ratio
% in public care
% at home
Risk ratio
% in public care
% at home
Risk ratio
% in public care
% at home
Risk ratio
% in public care
% at home
Risk ratio
A 14 8 1.82 29 11 2.66 32 11 2.76 48 26 1.85 31 12 2.58
B 31 12 2.48 30 14 2.13 35 20 1.76 34 36 0.95 33 19 1.76
C 30 30 0.98 53 13 4.12 59 9 6.40 71 9 7.66 53 13 4.17
D 6 11 0.54 18 5 3.67 31 5 5.92 41 17 2.45 24 8 2.91
E 6 12 0.53 16 7 2.30 37 11 3.34 17 10 1.76
F 68 30 2.27 48 38 1.27 64 46 1.39 57 37 1.56
G 7 11 0.63 22 7 3.11 49 20 2.45 22 10 2.17
H 37 11 3.28 37 11 3.28
I 35 13 2.68 35 13 2.68
All 22 12 1.79 31 14 2.28 34 14 2.40 46 22 2.11 33 15 2.26

Risk ratios represent the proportion of children in public care not immunised divided by the proportion of children at home not immunised. A risk ratio >1 indicates that children in public care are less likely to have been immunised than children at home. 

*

Data were not available for ages 0-4 years in districts F-I nor for ages 5-9 years in district E. 

Aggregated data for all school aged children in districts H and I.