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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Tanzania was 86.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of 50.00 in 1982.

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 59.00
1981 55.00
1982 50.00
1983 52.00
1984 58.00
1985 67.00
1986 74.00
1987 79.00
1988 85.00
1989 77.00
1990 78.00
1991 81.00
1992 83.00
1993 83.00
1994 84.00
1995 81.00
1996 82.00
1997 79.00
1998 79.00
1999 76.00
2000 79.00
2001 87.00
2002 89.00
2003 95.00
2004 95.00
2005 90.00
2006 90.00
2007 83.00
2008 86.00
2009 85.00
2010 91.00
2011 90.00
2012 92.00
2013 91.00
2014 97.00
2015 96.00
2016 92.00
2017 90.00
2018 89.00
2019 89.00
2020 86.00

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