Vaccinal coverage at 2 years of age in a socially disadvantaged urban area
Villalbí, J.R.; Díez, E.; Foz, M.; Graugés, D.; Rovira, G.; Massip, M.
Atencion Primaria 9(3): 154-156
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0212-6567 PMID: 1567967 Document Number: 397749
To assess vaccination coverage at two years of age among the children of the Old City District of Barcelona (Spain), a socially deprived urban area. Cross-sectional, based on a random sample of the children born in 1987. Community. A random sample of children born in 1987 from mothers resident in the district. 83.8% had a vaccination card. Vaccination coverage is 68.1% for measles, mumps and rubella and 65.5% with four doses of DTP and OVP. Of these children, 16.2% were not found in the computerized City Vaccination Program, based on births records, and these children have very low immunization levels: their vaccination cover is only 42.1% for measles, mumps and rubella and 28.9% with four doses of DTP and OPV. These results confirm a lower immunization coverage in this area. Although artifactual explanations for this finding have to be ruled out, these results suggest that the health indicators in this district are influenced by a concentration of population with severe problems instead of reflecting a higher diffuse frequency of problems in the whole population.