Table 3.

Vaccine Coverage Through the Routine Activities and After Each Intervention, Maroua, Cameroon, April 2009

Categories	Vaccine coverage	95% CI	Deff	CR	95% CI	ACR	95% CI
Routine immunization
Strata
High incidence	70.6	(64.4–78.6)	5.9	Ref		Ref
Intermediate incidence	74.1	(66.4–81.8)	7.5	1.05	(.91–1.21)	1.05	(.95–1.16)
Low incidence	84.4	(80.1–88.7)	1.6	1.20	(1.10–1.30)	1.16	(1.09–1.24)
Age
9–23 mo	66.1	(59.2–73.1)	1.3	Ref
24–59 mo	74.4	(70.2–78.7)	1.8	1.12	(.01–1.25)	1.14	(1.02–1.26)
5–9 y	74.8	(70.1–79.5)	2.8	1.13	(1.02–1.25)	1.14	(1.03–1.25)
10–15 y	75.7	(70.2–81.2)	2.9	1.14	(1.05–1.25)	1.15	(1.05–1.26)
Sex
Male	73.7	(69.0–78.4)	3.9	Ref
Female	74.4	(70.1–78.7)	3.3	1.01	(.95–1.07)
Caregiver
Mother	73.8	(69.8–77.8)	4.8	Ref
Father	81.2	(68.8–93.7)	4.3	1.10	(.97–1.24)
Other	72.3	(53.6–91.0)	7.7	.98	(.79–1.22)
Literacy of the caregiver
Illiterate	69.7	(65.3–74.2)	4.7	Ref		Ref
Literate	87.8	(84.0–91.5)	2.3	1.26	(1.17–1.35)	1.25	(1.17–1.33)
Number of children
1–2 children	73.8	(70.01–77.5)	3.3	Ref
3–5 children	75.2	(69.4–80.8)	3.5	1.02	(.98–1.07)
> 5 children	71.6	(53.2–90.0)	2.5	.98	(.80–1.20)
After October 2008 intervention
Strata
High incidence	75.4	(68.7–82.1)	7.7	Ref		Ref
Intermediate incidence	84.8	(77.0–92.1)	11.5	1.13	(.97–1.30)	1.13	(1.02–1.25)
Low incidence	88.8	(84.7–93.0)	1.9	1.18	(1.06–1.31)	1.16	(1.05–1.27)
Age
9–23 mo	71.3	(63.6–78.9)	1.7	Ref		Ref
24–59 mo	81.6	(77.2–86.0)	2.4	1.14	(1.03–1.27)	1.15	(1.04–1.27)
5–9 y	81.7	(77.1–86.0)	3.5	1.14	(1.03–1.26)	1.15	(1.04–1.26)
10–15 y	82.6	(77.0–88.2)	3.9	1.16	(1.04–1.29)	1.16	(1.04–1.28)
Sex
Male	80.7	(75.8–85.5)	5.2	Ref
Female	81.2	(76.8–85.5)	4.1	1.01	(.96–1.06)
Caregiver
Mother	80.6	(76.3–84.8)	6.7	Ref
Father	90.4	(80.3–100.5)	5.0	1.12	(.99–1.26)
Other	78.1	(60.9–95.4)	8.1	.97	(.83–1.14)
Literacy of the caregiver
Illiterate	77.3	(72.7–82.0)	6.0	Ref		Ref
Literate	92.4	(89.6–95.2)	2.0	1.19	(1.10–1.30)	1.18	(1.10–1.27)
Number of children
1–2 children	80.4	(76.5–84.4)	4.6	Ref
3–5 children	82.7	(77.0–88.5)	4.7	.93	(.98–1.09)
> 5 children	74.7	(55.5–94.0)	3.0	.93	(.77–1.13)
After January–February 2008 intervention
Strata
High incidence	92.3	(88.4–96.2)	7.3	Ref
Intermediate incidence	95.0	(92.8–97.1)	2.5	1.03	(.98–1.08)	1.03	(.98–1.07)
Low incidence	95.8	(94.1–97.6)	.9	1.04	(.99–1.08)	1.03	.99–1.07
Age
9–23 mo	84.5	(79.4–89.5)	1.2	Ref		Ref
24–59 mo	93.9	(91.0–96.8)	2.9	1.12	(1.05–1.19)	1.11	(1.05–1.17)
5–9 y	95.3	(93.3–97.4)	2.5	1.14	(1.08–1.20)	1.11	(1.06–1.77)
10–15 y	94.7	92.5–96.9	1.8	1.13	(1.06–1.20)	1.09	(1.03–1.16)
Sex
Male	93.7	(90.7–96.7)	5.4	Ref
Female	94.0	(92.3–95.6)	1.8	1.00	(.97–1.03)
Caregiver
Mother	93.3	(90.9–95.7)	5.6	Ref		Ref
Father	96.5	(92.7–100.2)	1.9	1.04	(.99–1.09)	1.01	(.97–1.06)
Other	97.6	(95.5–99.8)	1.2	1.05	(1.01–1.08)	1.05	(1.01–1.08)
Literacy of the caregiver
Illiterate	92.7	(90.0–95.4)	5.6	Ref		Ref
Literate	92.7	(95.4–99.0)	2.2	1.05	(1.02–1.08)	1.05	(1.02–1.08)
Number of children
1–2 children	92.8	(90.7–94.9)	3.2	Ref		Ref
3–5 children	95.9	(93.6–98.2)	3.0	1.03	(1.02–1.05)	1.03	(1.01–1.05)
> 5 children	99.2	(97.5–100.8)	.5	1.07	(1.04–1.10)	1.07	(1.04–1.10)

NOTE. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; Deff, design effect; CR, coverage ratio; ACR, adjusted coverage ratio; Ref, reference value.