Missed Opportunities for Vaccination in the Dominican Republic: Results of an Operational Investigation

Table 2

Vaccination status of children by age and vaccine type, among children with recorded vaccination data: Dominican Republic, October 2012.

(a)

By age	Vaccination status
	Total	Vaccinated (full vaccination for age)		Undervaccinated (incomplete vaccination for age)
			%		%
<2 months	76	50	65.8	26	34.2
2-3 months	77	47	61	30	39
4-5 months	69	32	46.4	37	53.6
6–11 months	89	29	32.6	60	67.4
Subtotal <1 year	311	158	50.8	153	49.2
1 year	122	36	29.5	86	70.5
2 years	29	7	24.1	22	75.9
3 years	14	8	57.1	6	42.9
4 years	38	12	31.6	26	68.4
Subtotal 1–4 years	203	63	31	140	69
Total	514	221	43	293	57

(b)

By vaccine	Vaccination status
	Total	Vaccinated		Undervaccinated or not vaccinated
			%		%
BCG	514	489	95.1	25	4.9
Hep-B birth dose	514	407	79.2	107	20.8
Min 1 dose OPV^1	438	414	94.5	24	5.5
Min 1 dose of DPT^1,2	438	414	94.5	24	5.5
Min 1 pentavalent dose^1	438	397	90.6	41	9.4
MMR/MR^3	203	157	77.3	46	22.7
Min 1 DPT booster^3	131	75	57.3	56	42.7
Min 1 OPV booster^3	131	72	55	59	45

Not vaccinated.
Undervaccinated.
Excluding infants < 2 months.
Including 1 dose of DTP-containing vaccine.
Excluding infants < 1 year.