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Table 4 Number and weighted proportions for age- appropriate and complete immunization of the study population

From: Immunization coverage and predictive factors for complete and age-appropriate vaccination among preschoolers in Athens, Greece: a cross- sectional study

 

Age appropriate immunization at:

Complete immunization

Vaccine

12 months

24 months

60 months

(n=731)

(n=731)

(n=704)

(n=56)

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (% )

N (%)

DTP/DTaP

696 (95.4)

594 (84.8)

19 (33.7)

688 (94,2)

OPV /IPV

629 (86.8)

602 (86.2)

22 (38.8)

723 (98.9)

Hib

688 (94.2)

559 (80.0)

37 (65.6)

691 (94.5)

MMR

-

660 (90.5)

20 (35.9)

462 (63.7)

HBV

202 (27.7)

605 (86.1)

55 (97.4)

688 (94.3)

MenC

164 (22.9)

111 (16.1)

7 (12.4)

671 (91.9)

PCV7

113 (16.0)

66 (9.8)

2 (4.0)

537 (73.1)

Var

-

430 (60.4)

17 (30.1)

435 (61.1)

HAV

-

6 (0.9)

41 (71.7)

450 (62.0)

All 5 traditional vaccines* (DTP/DTaP, OPV/ IPV, Hib, MMR, HBV)

163 (22.6)

417 (60.1)

4 (6.8)

414 (56.9)

All 3 new* (PCV7, Var, MenC)

62 (8.8)

35 (5.2)

1 (2.0)

327 (44.2)

  1. DTP/DTaP: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis/ acellular pertussis vaccine; OPV/IPV: live attenuated/inactivated polio vaccine; HBV: hepatitis B vaccine; MMR: measles, mumps, rubella vaccine; Hib: haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine; Men C: conjugated meningococcal C vaccine; PCV7: conjugated pneumococcal 7-valent vaccine; Var: varicella vaccine; HAV: hepatitis A vaccine.
  2. * For age-appropriate vaccination at 12 months, the MMR vaccine is excluded from the traditional vaccines denominator and the HAV is excluded from the new vaccines.