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Table 2 Best timing for administration of HPV vaccine

From: Development of an efficient strategy to improve HPV immunization coverage in Japan

 

Number

Percent

The most appropriate inoculation time of HPV vaccination is?

 Before first sexual intercourse

1042

57.6

 Don’t know

596

32.9

 None in particular (anytime)

117

6.4

 Before pregnancy or delivery

43

2.4

 Other

12

0.7

 Total

1810

100.0

When will your daughter’s HPV vaccination might actually occur?

 Before pregnancy or delivery

109

10.5

 Before becoming an adult

383

36.8

 Eighteen

115

14.9

 Seventeen

99

9.5

 Sixteen

18

1.7

 Fifteen

110

10.6

 Fourteen

9

0.9

 Thirteen

10

1.0

 Other

149

14.3

 Total

1042

100.0

  1. What is ‘the most appropriate inoculation time for HPV vaccination’ was asked of 1810 mothers who, at the beginning of the study, were not willing to vaccinate their daughters. The timing ‘When HPV vaccination might actually occur’for their own daughters was asked of those who correctly answered “Before first sexual intercourse” to the above question