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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Guinea-Bissau was 74.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.00 in 2013 and a minimum value of 9.00 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 9.00
1984 18.00
1985 18.00
1986 47.00
1987 55.00
1988 66.00
1989 54.00
1990 61.00
1991 63.00
1992 67.00
1993 63.00
1994 74.00
1995 45.00
1996 53.00
1997 63.00
1998 54.00
1999 45.00
2000 49.00
2001 53.00
2002 57.00
2003 60.00
2004 64.00
2005 68.00
2006 71.00
2007 74.00
2008 77.00
2009 80.00
2010 83.00
2011 86.00
2012 87.00
2013 87.00
2014 86.00
2015 86.00
2016 85.00
2017 79.00
2018 82.00
2019 78.00
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