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Table 3 Coverage of preventive services provided to children and adolescents

From: Strengthening preventive care programs: a permanent challenge for healthcare systems; lessons from PREVENIMSS México

Coverage indicators in each age group

year

Linear slope

r2 linear adjustment

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

  

Children

n = 15,289

n = 20,762

n = 23,177

n = 22,365

  
 

%

%

%

%

%

%

Delivery of PREVENIMSS booklets

32.1

62.7

77.2

90.7

19.0

95.5

Weight measurement

72.2

73.5

79.0

84.4

  

Height measurement

56.6

70.3

76.0

81.7

  

Iron supplementation in children < 1 year old

17.8

46.0

47.7

65.5

  

Completed scheme of vaccination by age

91.4

91.0

91.4

90.3

-0.3

52.1

Fluoride application

40.5

42.0

43.2

58.1

5.4

72.7

Hypothyroidism screening

97.1

96.7

98.5

98.0

0.4

49.9

Screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia, phenylketonuria and biotinidase deficiency

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-

60.3

81.6

21.3

100.0

Visual acuity screening

12.5

22.5

32.1

47.5

11.5

98.6

Adolescents

n = 13,356

n = 20,259

n = 21,474

n = 20,701

Linear slope

r 2 linear adjustment

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

Delivery of PREVENIMSS booklets

25.9

54.6

68.9

84.3

19.0

97.0

Weight measurement

36.3

57.7

64.1

73.2

11.7

92.8

Height measurement

33.8

55.3

61.6

71.1

11.8

93.0

Measles-rubella vaccine

52.4

55.6

58.8

71.4

6.0

87.2

Tetanus toxoid and diphtheria vaccine

68.0

65.8

63.7

80.0

3.4

36.0

Hepatitis B vaccine

9.3

17.7

26.1

46.2

11.9

94.5

Use of condom in last intercourse

17.9

30.4

42.2

59.9

13.8

99.1

visual acuity screening

2.1

30.1

51.5

61.2

19.9

95.9