Table 1.

Reasons for exclusion

Reasons for exclusiona	Number of children
Failure to register in the Pedianet database before 6 months of age	683
No visit to FP in the first year of life	430
< 4 visits to FP in the first 6 years of life	389
Varicella diagnosis in the first year of life	200
Varicella immunisation in the first year of life	26
Received varicella vaccination from FP/missing date of varicella vaccination	16

FP family paediatrician

^asome of the children had more than one reason for exclusion