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Table 4 Estimated number of children 6–59 months old not covered (at least one dose/child/year) and not fully covered (two doses/child/year) by SC/ST concentration quintile. Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) programme, India 2006–2011

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

  

All children by SC/ST concentration quintile

 

Year

Lowest

Lower

Middle

Higher

Highest

All

VAS coverage

2006

8,442,301

7,072,482

4,077,309

2,883,883

1,708,795

24,184,770

2007

4,084,300

4,728,549

3,064,163

1,875,644

816,136

14,568,792

2008

2,333,348

2,592,873

1,120,340

763,628

230,042

7,040,231

2009

1,083,499

999,222

532,191

677,110

301,656

3,593,678

2010

2,284,914

3,269,948

1,260,174

787,566

312,240

7,914,842

2011

614,275

1,044,155

1,479,768

1,095,910

815,157

5,049,265

 

2006–11

3,140,440

3,284,538

1,922,324

1,347,290

697,338

10,391,930

Full VAS coverage

2006

9,624,633

8,885,007

5,690,288

4,492,419

2,725,837

31,418,184

2007

14,028,919

8,727,647

5,994,887

4,158,163

2,730,845

35,640,461

2008

4,639,824

6,162,087

3,992,398

3,844,499

2,137,010

20,775,818

2009

1,851,397

2,346,013

2,630,179

2,714,318

2,111,155

11,653,062

2010

15,060,604

9,540,668

6,141,544

3,824,121

1,476,686

36,043,623

2011

2,636,713

3,858,949

3,812,448

3,477,274

2,342,865

16,128,249

 

2006–11

7,973,682

6,586,729

4,710,291

3,751,799

2,254,066

25,276,566