Table 2.

Analysis 1: mortality rates (MR) per 100 person-years and hazard ratios (HR) of 6–35 months old children who were either diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP)-vaccinated or not DTP-vaccinated at their first examination.

	Mortality rate (deaths/person-years)		HR (95% CI)	HR (95% CI), adjusted for weight-for-agez-scores (WAZ)
Vaccination status	DTP (±OPV)	No DTP
All children	9.68 (18/185.9) [394]	4.80 (5/104.1) [197]	2.01 (0.74–5.41)	2.22 (0.82–6.04)
Girls	11.15 (9/80.7) [191]	1.86 (1/53.7) [100]	6.67 (0.84–52.84)	7.03 (0.88–56.04)
Boys	8.58 (9/104.9) [202]	8.07 (4/49.6) [96]	1.04 (0.32–3.40)	1.28 (0.38–4.25)

Bandim, 1981–1983.

Children who have received DTP before June 2, 1981 were censored from the analysis.