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Table 1 Climate zone, abbreviation, reporting rate, average age at infection, basic reproduction number, vaccine coverage and target ages for 31 provinces in China from 2008–2011

From: Age patterns and transmission characteristics of hand, foot and mouth disease in China

 

Province

Abbreviation

Report rate (%)

A a

R 0 b

p c c (%)

Target ages (years old)

Plateau zone

Tibet

TB

2.00

4.7

15.8

94

4, 10–14

Qinghai

QH

1.79

3.8

19.5

95

3–6

Middle temperate zone

Heilongjiang

HLJ

6.50

3.9

19.3

95

3–6

Jilin

JL

12.28

3.8

19.8

95

3–6

Inner Mongolia

IM

9.8

4.2

18.0

94

4–6

Liaoning

LN

11.96

3.8

19.7

95

3–6

Ningxia

NX

7.61

3.5

21.5

95

3–6

Gansu

GS

3.46

3.9

19.3

95

4–5

Mixer zone

Xinjiang

XJ

1.99

3.8

19.5

95

3–5

Warm temperate zone

Beijing

BJ

21.97

3.6

20.7

95

3–5

Tianjin

TJ

18.97

3.8

19.9

95

4–5

Hebei

HeB

9.35

3.0

25.2

96

2–6

Shanxi

SX

7.63

3.4

22.2

96

3–5

Shangdong

SD

10.48

3.1

24.4

96

2–6

Henan

HeN

7.34

2.6

29.2

97

2–6

Shaanxi

ShX

11.17

3.0

24.6

96

2–5

Subtropical zone

Jiangsu

JS

12.65

3.2

23.3

96

3–5

Anhui

AH

10.45

2.8

26.7

96

2–6

Shanghai

SH

21.09

3.4

21.9

95

3–6

Hubei

HB

9.85

2.9

26.2

96

2–5

Sichuan

SC

4.88

3.0

25.2

96

2–5

Zhejiang

ZJ

18.13

3.0

25.2

96

2–6

Chongqing

CQ

6.07

3.1

24.0

96

3–5

Jiangxi

JX

5.27

2.5

30.1

97

2–6

Hunan

HuN

11.18

2.7

27.9

96

2–5

Guizhou

GZ

5.36

3.0

25.0

96

2–5

Fujian

FJ

11.79

2.7

27.2

96

2–6

Yunnan

YN

6.37

3.2

23.5

96

3–6

Guangdong

GD

18.24

2.9

25.9

96

2–5

Guangxi

GX

19.96

2.8

27.0

96

2–6

Tropical zone

Hainan

HN

24.83

2.6

28.7

97%

2–5

  1. aThe average age at infection. bThe basic reproduction number assuming mixing is homogeneous. cThe critical immunization coverage rate