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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Romania was 87.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2001 and a minimum value of 82.00 in 2017.

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
1985 95.00
1986 89.00
1987 92.00
1988 96.00
1989 96.00
1990 96.00
1991 98.00
1992 98.00
1993 91.00
1994 98.00
1995 98.00
1996 98.00
1997 97.00
1998 97.00
1999 97.00
2000 99.00
2001 99.00
2002 98.00
2003 97.00
2004 97.00
2005 97.00
2006 97.00
2007 96.00
2008 96.00
2009 95.00
2010 94.00
2011 89.00
2012 91.00
2013 92.00
2014 94.00
2015 89.00
2016 89.00
2017 82.00
2018 86.00
2019 88.00
2020 87.00

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