Inmunization Coverage of Schoolchildren

Abstract

The results of an inmunization coverage survey among first grade schoolchildren (six-year old) in public and subsidized schools of the Sant Martí district of Barcelona (Spain) are shown. Vaccination coverage is assessed by inmunization cards or other valid documents and through the computerized inmunization register of the City. Estimated vaccination coverage is 76% for measles, 65.9 % for rubella and 65.9% for mumps. Up to 74.7% of the children have received five doses of polio vaccine, and 83.5% at least four doses, while 72.5% have received five doses of D.TI? or D.T. and 83.4% four doses. Slight differentes among the four neighborhoods in the district are seen, probably related to socioeconomic leve1 and to the pattem of use of health services.