Measles vaccine coverage estimates in an outbreak three years after the nation-wide campaign in China: implications for measles elimination, 2013

Table 1 Estimated MCV routine immunization coverage during 2010–2012, L County, Hu Nan province, China

Year	Dose	Reported coverage			Administrative estimated coverage
Year	Dose	Number of vaccinated^‡	Number of target^†	Reported coverage (%)	Number of new birth cohort	Estimated coverage (%)
2010	MCV1	14452	14526	99.5	16613	87.0
2010	MCV2	14657	14740	99.4	16725	87.6
2011	MCV1	13718	13728	99.9	16235	84.5
2011	MCV2	14711	14722	99.9	16354	90.0
2012	MCV1	14182	14193	99.9	16857	84.1
2012	MCV2	13874	13886	99.9	17267	80.3

^‡The number of MCV2 doses can exceed the number of MCV1 doses when children change clinics.
^†The “number of target” here, is the total number of children who have registered, and received routine immunization in vaccination clinics. It’s the denominator of administrative coverage.

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