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Table 2 Vitamin A supplementation coverage (at least one dose/child/year) and full VAS coverage (two doses/child/year) by ST concentration quintile, India 2006–2011

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

  

ST concentration quintile

Year

Lowest

Lower

Middle

Higher

Highest

VAS coverage

2006

26.5

55.9

77.3

71.5

70.0

2007

35.1

84.5

90.6

92.1

90.2

2008

61.7

96.3

97.0

103.7

99.1

2009

86.9

101.5

93.8

98.7

98.4

2010

61.0

93.9

95.8

99.0

98.6

2011

81.9

99.7

100.4

93.5

84.9

 

2006–11

58.6

88.7

92.5

93.0

90.2

Full VAS coverage

2006

9.5

47.3

60.8

58.7

48.6

2007

23.2

16.3

39.9

67.3

62.6

2008

32.1

76.7

68.7

71.6

55.3

2009

75.5

93.1

64.1

74.9

73.1

2010

0.0

13.1

46.1

81.0

85.1

2011

48.2

84.9

69.9

72.6

62.5

 

2006–11

31.3

55.3

58.2

70.9

64.5

  1. Note: Coverage figures are indicated as percentages