Table 2.
Percentage of children fully immunized and unvaccinated at national level and by religious group.
| Country | National |
Christian |
Muslim |
Folk |
Ratio Muslim/Christian | Ratio Folk/Christian | Ratio Folk/Muslim | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | 95%CI | N | Percentage | 95%CI | N | Percentage | 95%CI | N | Percentage | 95%CI | N | ||||
| Full immunization | |||||||||||||||
| Benin | 58.1% | (55.2%;61.0%) | 2.439 | 62.9% | (59.3%;66.5%) | 1.229 | 51.0% | (45.4%;56.5%) | 735 | 55.4% | (48.2%;62.5%) | 329 | 0.81 a | 0.88 | 1.09 |
| Burkina Faso | 81.3% | (79.3%;83.4%) | 2.791 | 85.0% | (81.8%;88.2%) | 757 | 81.1% | (78.5%;83.7%) | 1.741 | 0.95 | |||||
| Cameroon | 77.5% | (74.5%;80.6%) | 1.389 | 82.5% | (79.4%;85.6%) | 961 | 70.9% | (62.9%;79.0%) | 318 | 0.86 a | |||||
| Chad | 25.7% | (22.7%;28.6%) | 2.880 | 37.6% | (32.5%;42.7%) | 1.011 | 13.6% | (11.3%;16.0%) | 1.770 | 0.36 a | |||||
| Côte d’Ivoire | 44.9% | (41.1%;48.7%) | 1.750 | 56.2% | (49.9%;62.4%) | 540 | 40.3% | (35.9%;44.7%) | 851 | 0.72 a | |||||
| Ethiopia | 38.6% | (34.5%;42.8%) | 1.929 | 48.2% | (43.0%;53.4%) | 968 | 26.5% | (20.4%;32.5%) | 921 | 0.55 a | |||||
| Ghana | 78.2% | (74.6%;81.8%) | 1.128 | 78.6% | (74.3%;82.8%) | 806 | 80.3% | (73.5%;87.1%) | 233 | 1.02 | |||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 69.6% | (65.6%;73.6%) | 1.581 | 75.3% | (68.9%;81.7%) | 322 | 68.2% | (62.9%;73.4%) | 786 | 67.3% | (59.5%;75.0%) | 390 | 0.91 a | 0.89 | 0.99 |
| Liberia | 54.8% | (50.9%;58.8%) | 1.433 | 53.9% | (49.8%;58.1%) | 1.216 | 70.7% | (59.7%;81.8%) | 163 | 1.31b | |||||
| Malawi | 76.5% | (74.4%;78.6%) | 3.248 | 77.2% | (74.9%;79.5%) | 2.736 | 72.5% | (68.0%;77.1%) | 488 | 0.94 | |||||
| Mozambique | 66.5% | (62.3%;70.8%) | 1.029 | 63.9% | (58.3%;69.5%) | 581 | 76.9% | (68.9%;84.9%) | 182 | 67.9% | (60.0%;75.8%) | 159 | 1.20b | 1.06 | 0.88 |
| Nigeria | 24.2% | (22.3%;26.0%) | 5.377 | 41.6% | (38.6%;44.7%) | 2.152 | 15.9% | (13.8%;18.1%) | 3.178 | 0.38 a | |||||
| Sierra Leone | 68.4% | (65.2%;71.6%) | 2.090 | 74.1% | (68.4%;79.8%) | 387 | 67.4% | (63.9%;70.9%) | 1.694 | 0.91 a | |||||
| Togo | 61.5% | (57.5%;65.4%) | 1.404 | 64.0% | (59.6%;68.4%) | 688 | 70.2% | (64.2%;76.1%) | 299 | 49.1% | (39.8%;58.3%) | 293 | 1.10 | 0.77 a | 0.70b |
| Uganda | 57.3% | (55.0%;59.7%) | 2.922 | 59.0% | (56.7%;61.3%) | 2.492 | 48.3% | (41.8%;54.9%) | 397 | 0.82 a | |||||
| Unvaccinated children | |||||||||||||||
| Benin | 8.8% | (7.0%;10.6%) | 2.439 | 4.4% | (3.0%;5.9%) | 1.229 | 16.4% | (11.4%;21.3%) | 735 | 9.1% | (5.2%;12.9%) | 329 | 3.69b | 2.05c | 0.55b |
| Burkina Faso | 1.8% | (1.1%;2.5%) | 2.791 | 1.7% | (0.4%;2.9%) | 757 | 1.2% | (0.5%;1.9%) | 1.741 | 0.75 | |||||
| Cameroon | 2.5% | (1.4%;3.5%) | 1.389 | 2.0% | (0.8%;3.1%) | 961 | 1.6% | (0.4%;2.8%) | 318 | 0.81 | |||||
| Chad | 18.6% | (16.5%;20.7%) | 2.880 | 5.2% | (3.6%;6.7%) | 1.011 | 32.5% | (29.2%;35.8%) | 1.770 | 6.29b | |||||
| Côte d’Ivoire | 12.0% | (9.9%;14.2%) | 1.750 | 6.1% | (3.8%;8.5%) | 540 | 13.4% | (10.0%;16.7%) | 851 | 2.18b | |||||
| Ethiopia | 16.5% | (13.5%;19.4%) | 1.929 | 12.4% | (8.9%;15.9%) | 968 | 23.2% | (18.1%;28.2%) | 921 | 1.87b | |||||
| Ghana | 1.6% | (0.7%;2.5%) | 1.128 | 1.5% | (0.5%;2.6%) | 806 | 1.6% | (0.0%;3.8%) | 233 | 1.03 | |||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 2.9% | (1.9%;3.9%) | 1.581 | 0.4% | (0.0%;1.3%) | 322 | 4.3% | (2.6%;6.1%) | 786 | 2.4% | (0.7%;4.2%) | 390 | 9.78b | 5.54c | 0.57 |
| Liberia | 1.5% | (0.8%;2.3%) | 1.433 | 1.6% | (0.7%;2.6%) | 1.216 | 0.4% | (0.0%;1.1%) | 163 | 0.22 | |||||
| Malawi | 1.6% | (1.0%;2.2%) | 3.248 | 1.6% | (1.0%;2.3%) | 2.736 | 1.5% | (0.2%;2.8%) | 488 | 0.93 | |||||
| Mozambique | 5.0% | (2.6%;7.4%) | 1.029 | 4.7% | (1.9%;7.5%) | 581 | 3.7% | (0.0%;7.7%) | 182 | 8.1% | (2.1%;14.1%) | 159 | 0.80 | 1.73 | 2.17 |
| Nigeria | 40.0% | (37.6%;42.3%) | 5.416 | 17.0% | (14.8%;19.3%) | 2.169 | 50.9% | (47.7%;54.2%) | 3.196 | 3.00b | |||||
| Sierra Leone | 3.5% | (2.3%;4.6%) | 2.090 | 2.0% | (0.5%;3.6%) | 387 | 3.5% | (2.4%;4.7%) | 1.694 | 1.74 | |||||
| Togo | 3.6% | (2.3%;5.0%) | 1.404 | 1.8% | (0.7%;2.9%) | 688 | 2.5% | (0.7%;4.3%) | 299 | 8.9% | (4.2%;13.7%) | 293 | 1.41 | 5.04c | 3.58c |
| Uganda | 1.3% | (0.8%;1.8%) | 2.922 | 1.2% | (0.7%;1.7%) | 2.492 | 2.2% | (0.7%;3.8%) | 397 | 1.92 | |||||
aHigher percentage among Christians (p value < 0.05 based on crude Poisson regression models).
bHigher percentage among Muslims (p < 0.05).
cHigher percentage among Folk practitioners (p < 0.05).