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Table 4 Vaccine Coverage: comparing immunization rates of interracial children to local Chinese and migrant children

From: Childhood immunizations in China: disparities in health care access in children born to North Korean refugees

 

Children Immunized (%)

Children Immunized (%)

 

Local Chinese

Interracial

Z

P-value

Upper conf bound

Migrant

Interracial

Z

P-value

Upper conf bound

Vaccinesb

(n = 1,341,335,000)

(n = 91)

  

(n = 2,632)

(n = 91)

  

BCG

99.0 %

97.8 (89)

−0.78

0.218

0.013

92.8 %

97.8 (89)

3.253

0.999

0.075

DTP

99.0 %

24.2 (22)b

−16.6

<0.001

−0.674

96.3 %

24.2 (22)b

−16

<0.001

−0.647

HBV

99.0 %

63.7 (58)b

−7.00

<0.001

−0.270

92.1 %

63.7 (58)b

−5.63

<0.001

−0.201

MMR

96.0 %

86.8 (79)b

−2.59

0.005

−0.034

92.1 %

86.8 (79)

−1.49

0.068

0.006

POL

99.0 %

12.1 (11)b

−25.40

<0.001

−0.813

95.2 %

12.1 (11)b

−24.3

<0.001

−0.775

  1. bBCG tuberculosis, DTP diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, HBV hepatitis B, MMR measles-mumps-rubella, POL polio
  2. The numbers in parentheses in the column for Interracial Children represent the number of children receiving the full series of each vaccine