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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in New Zealand was 92.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.00 in 2011 and a minimum value of 67.00 in 1987.

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 76.00
1981 72.00
1982 73.00
1983 73.00
1984 83.00
1985 72.00
1986 70.00
1987 67.00
1988 69.00
1989 80.00
1990 90.00
1991 81.00
1992 81.00
1993 83.00
1994 84.00
1995 89.00
1996 88.00
1997 86.00
1998 81.00
1999 88.00
2000 90.00
2001 90.00
2002 90.00
2003 90.00
2004 89.00
2005 89.00
2006 89.00
2007 88.00
2008 89.00
2009 92.00
2010 93.00
2011 95.00
2012 93.00
2013 92.00
2014 93.00
2015 92.00
2016 92.00
2017 94.00
2018 93.00
2019 92.00
2020 92.00

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