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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Panama was 74.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 47.00 in 1980.

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 47.00
1981 78.00
1982 60.00
1983 60.00
1984 59.00
1985 73.00
1986 70.00
1987 72.00
1988 75.00
1989 70.00
1990 86.00
1991 82.00
1992 77.00
1993 83.00
1994 83.00
1995 86.00
1996 91.00
1997 95.00
1998 98.00
1999 92.00
2000 98.00
2001 99.00
2002 99.00
2003 98.00
2004 95.00
2005 92.00
2006 88.00
2007 85.00
2008 86.00
2009 85.00
2010 94.00
2011 87.00
2012 85.00
2013 80.00
2014 80.00
2015 73.00
2016 86.00
2017 81.00
2018 88.00
2019 88.00
2020 74.00

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