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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Portugal was 99.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 72.00 in 1985.

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 73.00
1981 75.00
1982 78.00
1983 79.00
1984 78.00
1985 72.00
1986 81.00
1987 83.00
1988 81.00
1989 88.00
1990 89.00
1991 96.00
1992 94.00
1993 93.00
1994 97.00
1995 93.00
1996 95.00
1997 94.00
1998 97.00
1999 97.00
2000 96.00
2001 97.00
2002 98.00
2003 99.00
2004 95.00
2005 93.00
2006 97.00
2007 97.00
2008 97.00
2009 96.00
2010 98.00
2011 97.00
2012 98.00
2013 98.00
2014 98.00
2015 98.00
2016 98.00
2017 98.00
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