Central African Republic - Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Central African Republic was 42.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.00 in 1990 and a minimum value of 11.00 in 1981.

Definition: Child immunization, DPT, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received DPT vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against diphtheria, pertussis (or whooping cough), and tetanus (DPT) after receiving three doses of vaccine.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1980 13.00
1981 11.00
1982 14.00
1983 16.00
1984 17.00
1985 20.00
1986 19.00
1987 22.00
1988 42.00
1989 64.00
1990 82.00
1991 64.00
1992 45.00
1993 47.00
1994 48.00
1995 53.00
1996 48.00
1997 43.00
1998 43.00
1999 33.00
2000 37.00
2001 40.00
2002 44.00
2003 47.00
2004 51.00
2005 54.00
2006 51.00
2007 48.00
2008 45.00
2009 42.00
2010 45.00
2011 47.00
2012 47.00
2013 23.00
2014 45.00
2015 43.00
2016 42.00
2017 42.00
2018 42.00
2019 42.00
2020 42.00

Limitations and Exceptions: In many developing countries a lack of precise information on the size of the cohort of one-year-old children makes immunization coverage difficult to estimate from program statistics.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Governments in developing countries usually finance immunization against measles and diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (DTP) as part of the basic public health package. The data shown here are based on an assessment of national immunization coverage rates by the WHO and UNICEF. The assessment considered both administrative data from service providers and household survey data on children's immunization histories. Based on the data available, consideration of potential biases, and contributions of local experts, the most likely true level of immunization coverage was determined for each year.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention