Deaths and person years according to vaccination group, using vaccination status as time fixed or time varying variable, Guinea-Bissau, 1990-6


Vaccination status as time fixed variable

Vaccination dates as time varying variables



Deaths

Person years at risk

Mortality per 1000 person years

Deaths

Person years at risk

Mortality per 1000 person years

Vaccination status













No BCG+DTP one dose

2

9.0

222

2

16.3

123

No BCG+DTP two doses

0

4.5

0

0

3.5

0

No BCG+DTP three doses

0

1.4

0

0

4.2

0

BCG+no DTP

33

537.6

61

33

334.4

99

BCG+DTP one dose

59

595.5

99

60

679.5

88

BCG+DTP two doses

21

266.6

79

20

443.4

45

BCG+DTP three doses

12

119.6

100

15

425.0

35

Vaccinated

127

1534.2

83

130

1906.3

68

Unvaccinated

95

875.1

109

92

503.0

183

All

222

2409.3

92

222

2409.3

92

Mortality ratio (95% CI)













Unvaccinated v vaccinated



1.35 (0.97 to 1.89)





2.96 (2.15 to 4.08)



BCG v BCG unvaccinated



0.55 (0.36 to 0.85)





0.62 (0.41 to 0.92)



One dose DTP v DTP unvaccinated



1.84 (1.10 to 3.10)





0.68 (0.44 to 1.04)



Two doses DTP v DTP unvaccinated

1.38 (0.73 to 2.61)*

0.26 (0.15 to 0.47)

Three doses DTP v DTP unvaccinated







0.16 (0.08 to 0.32)



* Two and three doses of DTP were combined in original study.1




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