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Table 1 Vitamin A supplementation coverage (at least one dose/child/year) and full VAS coverage (two doses/child/year) by SC/ST concentration quintile, India 2006–2011

From: Vitamin A supplementation programmes are missing children from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. New evidence from India

  

SC/ST concentration quintile

Year

Lowest

Lower

Middle

Higher

Highest

VAS coverage

2006

45.9

50.5

63.9

69.7

70.4

2007

71.6

74.6

74.4

83.6

86.4

2008

84.2

85.7

93.6

95.6

97.4

2009

93.0

96.3

98.1

94.7

96.8

2010

85.8

78.6

92.0

93.6

97.4

2011

95.1

96.9

90.1

89.2

88.1

 

2006–11

79.3

80.4

85.2

87.7

89.4

Full VAS coverage

2006

37.2

37.0

47.4

49.3

52.6

2007

10.5

40.8

44.7

57.5

56.1

2008

69.1

55.1

60.8

53.1

64.6

2009

84.5

85.1

77.7

66.8

65.4

2010

6.1

34.0

43.4

65.6

75.8

2011

79.7

70.3

65.4

60.0

61.2

 

2006–11

47.9

53.7

56.5

58.6

62.5

  1. Note: Coverage figures are indicated as percentages