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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Turkmenistan was 98.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 73.00 in 1993.

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
1992 84.00
1993 73.00
1994 90.00
1995 93.00
1996 97.00
1997 98.00
1998 99.00
1999 98.00
2000 97.00
2001 95.00
2002 98.00
2003 83.00
2004 97.00
2005 99.00
2006 98.00
2007 98.00
2008 96.00
2009 96.00
2010 96.00
2011 97.00
2012 97.00
2013 98.00
2014 98.00
2015 99.00
2016 98.00
2017 99.00
2018 99.00
2019 99.00
2020 98.00

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