Table 3.
Vaccination coverage of children ages 12-36 mo and characteristics comparing slum to non-slum areas (weighted), household survey, Western Area Urban district, Sierra Leone, 2019*
| Vaccination coverage | Slum (n = 238†) |
Non-slum (n = 220) |
Total (n = 458) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
% or (mean) |
95% CI |
% or (mean) |
95% CI |
% or (mean) |
95% CI |
|
|
Mean age of most recent vaccination in months (recall) |
(11) |
11-12 |
(11) |
11-12 |
(11) |
11-12 |
|
Owns vaccination card: | ||||||
| Yes, available |
75 |
69-81 |
76 |
70-80 |
76 |
71-80 |
| Yes, not seen |
19 |
15-25 |
17 |
13-22 |
17 |
14-22 |
| No |
6 |
3-10 |
7 |
3-15 |
7 |
4-14 |
|
Vaccination coverage by card |
n = 180 |
n = 170 |
n = 350 |
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| BCG vaccination |
98 |
94-99 |
100 |
98-100 |
99 |
98-100 |
| Penta1 |
97 |
94-99 |
96 |
83-100 |
96 |
86-99 |
| Received two doses of penta |
91 |
85-95 |
94 |
84-98 |
94 |
86-97 |
| Received all three penta doses |
86 |
80-91 |
92 |
83-97 |
91 |
84-96 |
| MCV1 |
75 |
66-83 |
79 |
66-86 |
77 |
68-85 |
| MCV2‡ |
33 |
25-42 |
32 |
21-46 |
32 |
22-44 |
| Received BCG, all penta doses and 2 measles doses‡ |
33 |
25-42 |
29 |
19-42 |
29 |
20-40 |
| Received BCG, all penta doses and 2 measles doses by 24 months§ |
22 |
16-30 |
20 |
14-29 |
20 |
15-28 |
| No vaccinations |
1 |
1-5 |
0 |
- |
<1 |
<1-1 |
| Received all recommended vaccinations‡ (recall) | 54 | 43-63 | 53 | 41-64 | 53 | 43-62 |
CI – confidence interval, BCG - Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; Penta - pentavalent vaccine (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-hepatitis B-Haemophilus influenzae type b), MCV1 – measles-containing vaccine, 1st dose; MCV2 – measles-containing vaccine, 2nd dose
*No significant differences at P < 0.05 level
†Missing data from two participants.
‡All recommended vaccines include BCG, Penta1-3, MCV1-2, and 4 doses of oral polio vaccine.
§Only children ≥15 months were included in the analysis.