Survey of coverage, strategy and cost of hepatitis B vaccination in rural and urban areas of China

Table 1 Coverage rates of hepatitis B vaccine immunization among infants and primary school students in 109 DSPs of China

Target population	Areas	NO. of DSPs	Sample size	Coverage		Coverage with 3 doses
				NO. of vaccinees	%	NO. of vaccinees	%
Infants	Total	109	8248	5376	65.2	5190	96.5
	Urban	40	2572	2492	96.9	2434	97.7
	Rural	69	5676	2884	50.8	2756	95.6
Students	Total	108	17883	8143	45.5	7815	96.0
	Urban	40	4621	3965	85.8	3933	99.2
	Rural	68a	13262	4178	31.5	3882	92.9

^aIn one DSP, no hepatitis B vaccination for primary school students was conducted in 1994.