Table 3.
Percentage of children ages 12–23 months who received timely vaccination among those children who received at least one vaccination from June to July of 2003 in Gem, Kenya
| Antigen | DVI target age (months) | Card evidence in children with cards (N = 135) | Timely vaccination* | Age at vaccination (months) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number vaccinated | Vaccinated (%) | Number† | Children with cards (%; N = 135) | All vaccinated children‡ (%) | Median | Range | ||
| BCG | Birth | 133 | 98.5 | 93 | 68.9 | 69.9 | 1 | 0, 14 |
| Birth polio | Birth | 98 | 72.6 | 71 | 52.6 | 72.5 | 1 | 0, 14 |
| Polio 1 | 1.5 | 121 | 89.6 | 47 | 34.8 | 38.8 | 2 | 0, 13 |
| Polio 2 | 2.5 | 101 | 74.8 | 37 | 27.4 | 36.6 | 3 | 0, 13 |
| Polio 3 | 3.5 | 81 | 60 | 25 | 18.5 | 30.9 | 5 | 2, 16 |
| All polio§ | 79 | 58.5 | 17 | 12.6 | 14.4 | − | − | |
| DPT/pentavalent 1 | 1.5 | 128 | 94.8 | 60 | 44.4 | 46.9 | 2 | 0, 15 |
| DPT/pentavalent 2 | 2.5 | 107 | 79.3 | 47 | 34.8 | 43.9 | 3 | 2, 13 |
| DPT/pentavalent 3 | 3.5 | 93 | 68.9 | 37 | 27.4 | 39.8 | 4 | 3, 16 |
| All DPT/pentavalent | 92 | 68.1 | 31 | 23 | 25.4 | − | − | |
| Measles | 9 | 67 | 49.6 | 24 | 17.8 | 35.8 | 10 | 5, 21 |
| Fully vaccinated | 12–23 | 55 | 40.7 | − | − | − | − | − |
| Timely/fully vaccinated¶ | 12–23 | − | − | 3 | 2.2 | 5.5 | − | − |
Vaccination in the scheduled month based on child's birth date.
Child receiving vaccination during target month for vaccination based on child's date of birth.
Calculated as timely vaccination for each specific vaccine antigen, with the total number of children that received the vaccination for each antigen as the sample size (i.e., the percent of timely vaccination among children that received the vaccination).
A child fully immunized for polio does not need to include the vaccination given at birth.
Children who received the eight-vaccination series within the target age range listed for each individual vaccine in the series.