An Evaluation of Voluntary Varicella Vaccination Coverage in Zhejiang Province, East China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Data Source
2.2. Definitions
2.3. Analysis Strategy
2.4. Ethical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Overall Coverage of VarV
3.2. VarV Coverage across Subgroups
3.3. Coverage Difference between VarV and MCV
3.4. Age of Vaccinated Children
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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City # | Coverage of VarV1 | p § | |||||||||
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Birth Cohort 2009 * | Birth Cohort 2010 * | Birth Cohort 2011 * | Birth Cohort 2012 * | Birth Cohort 2013 * | |||||||
n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | ||
HZ | 78,821/87,784 | 89.8 | 85,349/94,079 | 90.7 | 97,873/106,238 | 92.1 | 111,272/121,288 | 91.7 | 104,740/115,606 | 90.6 | <0.01 |
NB | 80,385/87,082 | 92.3 | 85,937/91,708 | 93.7 | 95,951/100,381 | 95.6 | 103,641/108,063 | 95.9 | 98,724/102,965 | 95.9 | <0.01 |
WZ | 80,844/98,593 | 82.0 | 84,510/99,525 | 84.9 | 90,824/107,116 | 84.8 | 103,157/124,049 | 83.2 | 96,712/118,519 | 81.6 | <0.01 |
JX | 30,922/39,661 | 78.0 | 36,063/45,009 | 80.1 | 38,802/46,667 | 83.1 | 47,190/56,486 | 83.5 | 44,869/53,859 | 83.3 | <0.01 |
SX | 27,947/36,115 | 77.4 | 28,910/36,808 | 78.5 | 34,795/41,817 | 83.2 | 41,035/46,788 | 87.7 | 40,444/45,639 | 88.6 | <0.01 |
JH | 56,105/73,589 | 76.2 | 60,180/74,791 | 80.5 | 67,601/80,547 | 83.9 | 79,048/92,846 | 85.1 | 76,178/89,505 | 85.1 | <0.01 |
QZ | 15,509/18,220 | 85.1 | 13,909/16,055 | 86.6 | 16,661/19,090 | 87.3 | 19,462/22,368 | 87.0 | 18,398/21,217 | 86.7 | <0.01 |
ZS | 6094/7102 | 85.8 | 6257/7298 | 85.7 | 6572/7655 | 85.9 | 7591/9034 | 84.0 | 7062/8393 | 84.1 | <0.01 |
TZ | 60,269/67,403 | 89.4 | 61,264/67,565 | 90.7 | 65,859/72,124 | 91.3 | 73,101/81,595 | 89.6 | 68,500/77248 | 88.7 | <0.01 |
LS | 16,917/19,612 | 86.3 | 15,423/17,609 | 87.6 | 19,279/21,329 | 90.4 | 20,470/22,557 | 90.7 | 19,450/21,627 | 89.9 | <0.01 |
Total | 453,813/535,161 | 84.8 | 477,802/550,447 | 86.8 | 534,217/602,964 | 88.6 | 605,967/685,074 | 88.5 | 575,075/654,576 | 87.9 | <0.01 |
City # | Coverage of VarV2 | p § | |||||
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Birth Cohort 2009 * | Birth Cohort 2010 * | Birth Cohort 2011 * | |||||
n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | ||
HZ | 32,701/87,784 | 37.3 | 39,378/94,079 | 41.9 | 58,038/106,238 | 54.6 | <0.01 |
NB | 52,631/87,082 | 60.4 | 42,102/91,708 | 45.9 | 75,853/100,381 | 75.6 | <0.01 |
WZ | 13,625/98,593 | 13.8 | 16,375/99,525 | 16.5 | 27,300/107,116 | 25.5 | <0.01 |
JX | 14,237/39,661 | 35.9 | 15,334/45,009 | 34.1 | 22,731/46,667 | 48.7 | <0.01 |
SX | 7492/36115 | 20.7 | 7643/36,808 | 20.8 | 21,674/41,817 | 51.8 | <0.01 |
JH | 12,808/73,589 | 17.4 | 21,307/74,791 | 28.5 | 33,361/80,547 | 41.4 | <0.01 |
QZ | 6142/18,220 | 33.7 | 4981/16,055 | 31.0 | 8575/19,090 | 44.9 | <0.01 |
ZS | 582/7102 | 8.2 | 1392/7298 | 19.1 | 3268/7655 | 42.7 | <0.01 |
TZ | 23,513/67,403 | 34.9 | 23,342/67,565 | 34.5 | 31,867/72,124 | 44.2 | <0.01 |
LS | 6348/19,612 | 32.4 | 6018/17,609 | 34.2 | 11,161/21,329 | 52.3 | <0.01 |
Total | 170,079/535,161 | 31.8 | 177,872/550,447 | 32.3 | 293,828/602,964 | 48.7 | <0.01 |
Birth Cohort | Coverage of VarV1 | Coverage of VarV2 | ||||||||
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Male | Female | p * | Male | Female | p * | |||||
n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | |||
2009 | 228,808/269,186 | 85.0 | 225,008/265,975 | 84.6 | >0.05 | 86,678/269,186 | 32.2 | 83,503/265,975 | 31.4 | >0.05 |
2010 | 243,835/279,627 | 87.2 | 233,953/270,820 | 86.4 | >0.05 | 91,158/279,627 | 32.6 | 86,636/270,820 | 32.0 | >0.05 |
2011 | 271,539/305,100 | 89.0 | 262,687/297,864 | 88.2 | >0.05 | 149,194/305,100 | 48.9 | 144,450/297,864 | 48.5 | >0.05 |
2012 | 305,485/345,962 | 88.3 | 300,806/339,112 | 88.7 | >0.05 | - | - | - | - | - |
2013 | 288,917/327,942 | 88.1 | 286,455/326,633 | 87.7 | >0.05 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 1,338,584/1,527,818 | 87.6 | 1,308,909/1,500,404 | 87.2 | >0.05 | 327,030/853,913 | 38.3 | 314,589/834,659 | 37.7 | >0.05 |
Birth Cohort | Coverage of VarV1 | Coverage of VarV1 | ||||||||
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Resident Children | Migrant Children | p * | Resident Children | Migrant Children | p * | |||||
n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | |||
2009 | 199,470/217,625 | 91.7 | 254,347/317,536 | 80.1 | <0.01 | 98,418/217,625 | 45.2 | 71,763/317,536 | 22.6 | <0.01 |
2010 | 208,419/219,120 | 95.1 | 269,369/331,327 | 81.3 | <0.01 | 100,927/219,120 | 46.1 | 76,868/331,327 | 23.2 | <0.01 |
2011 | 236,217/241,302 | 97.9 | 298,010/361,662 | 82.4 | <0.01 | 157,659/241,302 | 65.3 | 135,985/361,662 | 37.6 | <0.01 |
2012 | 267,962/271,974 | 98.5 | 338,329/413,100 | 81.9 | <0.01 | - | - | - | - | - |
2013 | 253,823/260,521 | 97.4 | 321,548/394,054 | 81.6 | <0.01 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 1,165,891/1,210,542 | 96.3 | 1,481,602/1,817,679 | 81.5 | <0.01 | 357,003/678,047 | 52.7 | 284,616/1,010,525 | 28.2 | <0.01 |
Birth Cohort | Coverage of the 1st Dose (%) | Coverage of the 2nd Dose (%) | ||||
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VarV | MCV | p * | VarV | MCV | p * | |
2009 | 84.8 | 96.3 | <0.01 | 31.8 | 95.5 | <0.01 |
2010 | 86.8 | 96.3 | <0.01 | 32.3 | 96.2 | <0.01 |
2011 | 88.6 | 97.8 | <0.01 | 48.7 | 96.4 | <0.01 |
2012 | 88.5 | 97.4 | <0.01 | - | - | - |
2013 | 87.9 | 96.8 | <0.01 | - | - | - |
Total | 87.4 | 97.0 | <0.01 | 38.0 | 96.0 | <0.01 |
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Hu, Y.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, B.; Li, Q. An Evaluation of Voluntary Varicella Vaccination Coverage in Zhejiang Province, East China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13060560
Hu Y, Chen Y, Zhang B, Li Q. An Evaluation of Voluntary Varicella Vaccination Coverage in Zhejiang Province, East China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(6):560. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13060560
Chicago/Turabian StyleHu, Yu, Yaping Chen, Bing Zhang, and Qian Li. 2016. "An Evaluation of Voluntary Varicella Vaccination Coverage in Zhejiang Province, East China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 6: 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13060560