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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Philippines was 71.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.00 in 2008 and a minimum value of 47.00 in 1980.

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 47.00
1981 54.00
1982 54.00
1983 55.00
1984 57.00
1985 59.00
1986 66.00
1987 72.00
1988 79.00
1989 86.00
1990 88.00
1991 90.00
1992 80.00
1993 76.00
1994 73.00
1995 70.00
1996 75.00
1997 81.00
1998 81.00
1999 80.00
2000 78.00
2001 79.00
2002 79.00
2003 84.00
2004 88.00
2005 89.00
2006 88.00
2007 87.00
2008 91.00
2009 87.00
2010 79.00
2011 87.00
2012 88.00
2013 87.00
2014 63.00
2015 55.00
2016 84.00
2017 82.00
2018 79.00
2019 77.00
2020 71.00

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