Lithuania - Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Lithuania was 91.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.00 in 2009 and a minimum value of 78.00 in 1992.

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
1992 78.00
1993 83.00
1994 83.00
1995 90.00
1996 91.00
1997 90.00
1998 93.00
1999 93.00
2000 94.00
2001 95.00
2002 95.00
2003 94.00
2004 94.00
2005 94.00
2006 94.00
2007 95.00
2008 96.00
2009 98.00
2010 95.00
2011 92.00
2012 93.00
2013 93.00
2014 93.00
2015 93.00
2016 94.00
2017 94.00
2018 92.00
2019 92.00
2020 91.00

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