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Table 2 Delayed immunizations based on the age and type of vaccine (N = 220)

From: Factors related to parents’ adherence to childhood immunization

Type of vaccine

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

At birth BCG

 No delay

220

100

2 Months (1st DTP + 1st IPV + 1st Hib + 1st hepatitis B + 1st PCV + 1st Rota)

 No delay

210

95.5

 One month delay

3

1.4

 Two months delay

2

0.9

 Three months delay

1

0.5

 Four months and more delay

4

1.8

4 Months (2nd DTP + 2nd IPV + 2nd Hib + 2nd hepatitis B + 2nd PCV + 2nd Rota)

 No delay

190

86.4

 One month delay

19

8.6

 Two months delay

7

3.2

 Three months delay

1

0.5

 Four months and more delay

3

1.4

6 Months (3rd DTP + 1st OPV + 3rd IPV + 3rd Hib + 3rd hepatitis B + 3rd PCV)

 No delay

183

83.2

 One month delay

24

10.9

 Two months delay

6

2.7

 Three months delay

1

0.5

 Four months and more delay

6

2.7

9 Months (Measles + MCV4)

  

 No delay

189

85.9

 One month delay

18

8.2

 Two months delay

4

1.8

 Three months delay

7

3.2

 Four months and more delay

2

0.9

12 Months (1st MMR + 4th PCV + 2nd MCV4 + 2nd OPV)

 No delay

174

74.5

 One month delay

22

10

 Two months delay

14

6.4

 Three months delay

7

3.2

 Four months and more delay

13

5.9

18 Months (2nd MMR + 3rd OPV + 4th DTP + 1st + 4th Hib + hepatitis B + Hepatitis A + 1st Varicella)

 No delay

169

76.8

 One month delay

18

8.2

 Two months delay

16

7.3

 Three months delay

6

2.7

 Four months and more delay

11

5

24 Months (2nd Hepatitis A)

 No delay

170

77.3

 One month delay

10

4.5

 Two months delay

5

2.3

 Three months delay

7

3.2

 Four months and more delay

28

12.7

  1. BCG Bacille Calmette-Guerin, vaccine/ tuberculosis, OPV Oral Polio Vaccine, IPV Inactivated Polio Vaccine, DTP Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hib Haemophilus Influenzae type b, PCV Pneumococcal Vaccine, (Quadrivalent) MCV4 Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, MMR Measles, Mumps, Rubella