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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in China was 99.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 58.00 in 1983.

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
1983 58.00
1984 73.00
1985 78.00
1986 78.00
1987 75.00
1988 95.00
1989 95.00
1990 97.00
1991 94.00
1992 91.00
1993 88.00
1994 85.00
1995 80.00
1996 83.00
1997 84.00
1998 84.00
1999 85.00
2000 85.00
2001 86.00
2002 86.00
2003 86.00
2004 87.00
2005 87.00
2006 93.00
2007 93.00
2008 97.00
2009 99.00
2010 99.00
2011 99.00
2012 99.00
2013 99.00
2014 99.00
2015 99.00
2016 99.00
2017 99.00
2018 99.00
2019 99.00
2020 99.00

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