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. 2021 May 17;105(1):245–253. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0006

Table 3.

Prevalence of delayed vaccination in children 12–23 months registered in the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System before, during, and after PCV introduction according to demographic factors

BCG Penta1 Penta2 Penta3 OPV1 OPV2 OPV3 Measles
% delayed (total number of children vaccinated)
Overall delay 13.8 (5,219) 8.1 (5,131) 12.6 (4,962) 18.2 (4,705) 11.4 (5,101) 15.6 (4,917) 20.8 (4,621) 54.0 (3,811)
Study site
 Korogocho 15.3 (2,563) 10.5 (2,494) 17.0 (2,378) 25.0 (2,213) 15.2 (2,470) 21.6 (2,345) 29.3 (2,150) 55.5 (1,691)
 Viwandani 12.3 (2,656) 5.7 (2,637) 8.4 (2,584) 12.1 (2,492) 7.8 (2,631) 10.2 (2,572) 13.4 (2,471) 52.8 (2,120)
Sex
 Male 13.6 (2,664) 8.7 (2,611) 13.3 (2,520) 18.7 (2,375) 11.6 (2,587) 15.7 (2,505) 21.1 (2,329) 54.5 (1,935)
 Female 13.9 (2,555) 7.4 (2,520) 11.8 (2,442) 17.6 (2,330) 11.1 (2,514) 15.6 (2,412) 20.5 (2,292) 53.5 (1,876)
Ethnicity
 Kikuyu 8.9 (1,369) 5.2 (1,348) 7.5 (1,322) 12.6 (1,265) 9.7 (1,337) 12.6 (1,306) 17.4 (1,240) 51.0 (1,006)
 Luhya 20.6 (1,045) 12.3 (1,038) 19.6 (1,001) 26.3 (947) 15.3 (1,030) 20.9 (990) 27.5 (932) 54.8 (786)
 Luo 18.3 (895) 9.9 (865) 16.7 (810) 23.9 (752) 13.3 (860) 20.2 (801) 27.6 (736) 52.9 (569)
 Kamba 10.3 (1,092) 5.0 (1,080) 7.6 (1,060) 12.1 (1,022) 7.2 (1,077) 9.9 (1,056) 13.6 (1,007) 53.0 (869)
 Kissii 9.1 (309) 6.2 (308) 9.5 (304) 11.6 (293) 7.8 (308) 10.9 (304) 11.5 (287) 58.8 (257)
 Other 15.1 (509) 11.6 (492) 17.8 (465) 25.4 (426) 15.3 (489) 21.3 (460) 27.7 (419) 62.0 (324)
Wealth quintile
 Poorest 17.7 (651) 11.2 (633) 15.5 (612) 21.4 (579) 14.0 (637) 18.4 (609) 25.3 (570) 54.8 (473)
 Poor 14.9 (863) 7.9 (857) 13.7 (827) 19.5 (780) 11.4 (853) 17.2 (821) 22.6 (769) 55.4 (643)
 Middle 15.8 (998) 8.8 (980) 13.3 (945) 20.0 (887) 12.8 (974) 17.7 (930) 23.8 (858) 57.1 (718)
 Rich 11.9 (1,251) 7.8 (1,234) 11.5 (1,194) 16.6 (1,134) 10.6 (1,220) 14.1 (1,186) 18.1 (1,119) 51.9 (919)
 Richest 11.5 (1,456) 6.5 (1,427) 11.0 (1,384) 16.1 (1,325) 9.8 (1,417) 13.4 (1,371) 18.2 (1,305) 52.6 (1,058)
Time period
 2007–2010 (pre-intro) 20.1 (1,883) 10.8 (1,818) 15.8 (1,760) 23.4 (1,650) 14.4 (1,809) 19.6 (1,738) 27.7 (1,621) 56.9 (1,358)
 2011 (during) 10.4 (1,011) 6.8 (1,001) 11.7 (967) 17.6 (907) 13.1 (984) 18.4 (946) 22.7 (867) 50.6 (770)
 2012–2015 (post-intro) 10.2 (2,325) 6.4 (2,312) 10.4 (2,235) 14.3 (2,148) 8.2 (2,208) 11.4 (2,233) 14.8 (2,133) 53.2 (1,683)
Children
 With date on card (denominator) 5,219 5,131 4,962 4,705 5101 4,917 4,621 3,811
 Who received vaccine 5,254 5,218 5,098 4,907 5,202 5,065 4,879 4,214
 Who did not receive vaccine 87 123 243 434 139 276 462 1,127
Total 5,341 5,341 5,341 5,341 5,341 5,341 5,341 5,341

BCG = Bacille Calmette-Guerin; OPV = oral polio vaccine.