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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in El Salvador was 72.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2007 and a minimum value of 21.00 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
1980 44.00
1981 42.00
1982 42.00
1983 21.00
1984 31.00
1985 55.00
1986 50.00
1987 53.00
1988 63.00
1989 64.00
1990 80.00
1991 61.00
1992 60.00
1993 79.00
1994 90.00
1995 99.00
1996 96.00
1997 97.00
1998 99.00
1999 94.00
2000 99.00
2001 92.00
2002 81.00
2003 94.00
2004 90.00
2005 89.00
2006 96.00
2007 99.00
2008 98.00
2009 91.00
2010 89.00
2011 89.00
2012 92.00
2013 92.00
2014 94.00
2015 91.00
2016 93.00
2017 85.00
2018 81.00
2019 81.00
2020 72.00

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