Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017
Research
Oral Cholera Vaccine Coverage during an Outbreak and Humanitarian Crisis, Iraq, 2015
Eugene Lam1
, Wasan Al-Tamimi, Steven Paul Russell, Muhammad Obaid-ul Islam Butt, Curtis Blanton, Altaf Sadrudin Musani, and Kashmira A. Date
, Wasan Al-Tamimi, Steven Paul Russell, Muhammad Obaid-ul Islam Butt, Curtis Blanton, Altaf Sadrudin Musani, and Kashmira A. Date
Table 2
Estimated oral cholera vaccine coverage, by vaccinee age, among persons in refugee camps, internally displaced persons camps, and collective centers targeted for vaccination, Iraq, 2015*
| Vaccination group, no. doses |
All vaccinees |
Male vaccinees |
Female vaccinees |
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| No. vaccinated |
Weighted estimate, % (95% CI) |
No. vaccinated |
Weighted estimate, % (95% CI) |
No. vaccinated |
Weighted estimate, % (95% CI) |
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| Overall | ||||||||
| 2 doses | 3,523 | 87 (85–89) | 1,735 | 86 (83–89) | 1,777 | 88 (85–90) | ||
| 1 dose |
745 |
7 (6–9) |
363 |
8 (6–11) |
380 |
7 (5–9) |
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| 1–4 y of age | ||||||||
| 2 doses | 407 | 85 (81–88) | 213 | 83 (77–88) | 191 | 85 (81–89) | ||
| 1 dose |
89 |
5 (3–7) |
50 |
6 (4–9) |
38 |
4 (2–7) |
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| 5–14 y of age | ||||||||
| 2 doses | 931 | 89 (85–92) | 487 | 88 (83–92) | 442 | 89 (84–93) | ||
| 1 dose |
171 |
7 (5–11) |
88 |
9 (5–14) |
83 |
6 (3–11) |
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| >15 y of age | ||||||||
| 2 doses | 2,183 | 87 (84–90) | 1,034 | 86 (83–89) | 1,143 | 88 (84–91) | ||
| 1 dose |
483 |
8 (6–10) |
224 |
8 (6–12) |
258 |
8 (6–10) |
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| *Zero doses and incomplete data are not shown. | ||||||||
1Current affiliation: Bureau of Immunization, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA.
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