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Table 5 Estimated number of SC/ST 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

  

SC/ST children by SC/ST concentration quintiles

 

Year

Lowest

Lower

Middle

Higher

Highest

All

Not covered

2006

1,258,261

1,315,724

952,295

815,549

1,058,085

5,399,914

2007

663,490

672,275

672,743

440,884

486,825

2,936,217

2008

370,823

376,910

167,556

118,151

93,205

1,126,645

2009

165,063

97,124

49,560

142,164

114,886

568,797

2010

336,459

559,498

207,916

171,496

93,491

1,368,860

2011

116,676

80,731

256,379

289,125

428,595

1,171,506

 

2006–11

485,129

517,044

384,408

329,562

379,181

2,095,323

Not fully covered

2006

1,460,606

1,674,558

1,387,554

1,364,632

1,694,366

7,581,716

2007

2,090,929

1,566,876

1,453,231

1,142,536

1,571,443

7,825,015

2008

725,217

1,183,445

1,026,282

1,259,377

1,269,016

5,463,337

2009

365,497

391,121

581,677

890,537

1,242,207

3,471,039

2010

2,224,894

1,725,555

1,471,009

921,790

870,186

7,213,434

2011

483,371

773,457

896,030

1,070,832

1,397,436

4,621,126

 

2006–11

1,225,086

1,219,169

1,135,964

1,108,284

1,340,776

6,029,278