OBJECTIVE: The authors had for aim to study the regional variations of vaccination coverage in adult population. METHODS: Cross-sectional epidemiological study, including a representative sample of 2122 general practitioners and analyzed according to eight French regions. RESULTS: Six thousand two hundred sixty-nine patients, 44 +/- 15 old, were included in the study. 90.5% of the patients were vaccinated against diphtheria, 94.4% against tetanus, and 92.6% against poliomyelitis. No difference between regions was noted but the rate of patients with up to date vaccination strongly differed, ranging from 54.8% (Paris/Ile de France) to 64.3% (South West) for diphtheria, from 60.4% (Paris/Ile de France) to 73% (South West) for tetanus, and from 58.8% (Paris/Ile de France) to 69.8% (South West) for poliomyelitis. Vaccination coverage against measles, parotiditis, hepatitis A and B, typhoid fever, yellow fever also significantly differed between regions and the only ones evenly distributed were vaccination against tuberculosis, meningococcus, and pneumococcus. CONCLUSION: These results show insufficient vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and poliomyelitis in all regions and show other important variations in vaccination coverage between regions, especially for hepatitis A and B.
OBJECTIVE: The authors had for aim to study the regional variations of vaccination coverage in adult population. METHODS: Cross-sectional epidemiological study, including a representative sample of 2122 general practitioners and analyzed according to eight French regions. RESULTS: Six thousand two hundred sixty-nine patients, 44 +/- 15 old, were included in the study. 90.5% of the patients were vaccinated against diphtheria, 94.4% against tetanus, and 92.6% against poliomyelitis. No difference between regions was noted but the rate of patients with up to date vaccination strongly differed, ranging from 54.8% (Paris/Ile de France) to 64.3% (South West) for diphtheria, from 60.4% (Paris/Ile de France) to 73% (South West) for tetanus, and from 58.8% (Paris/Ile de France) to 69.8% (South West) for poliomyelitis. Vaccination coverage against measles, parotiditis, hepatitis A and B, typhoid fever, yellow fever also significantly differed between regions and the only ones evenly distributed were vaccination against tuberculosis, meningococcus, and pneumococcus. CONCLUSION: These results show insufficient vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and poliomyelitis in all regions and show other important variations in vaccination coverage between regions, especially for hepatitis A and B.
Authors: Dominique Baratin; Corinne Del Signore; Jacques Thierry; Evelyne Caulin; Philippe Vanhems Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2012-11-01 Impact factor: 3.295
Authors: Lauren A Wu; Elisabeth Kanitz; Julie Crumly; Fortunato D'Ancona; Raymond A Strikas Journal: Int J Public Health Date: 2013-01-25 Impact factor: 3.380