Dominican Republic - Immunization

Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Dominican Republic was 81.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 62.00 in 1998.

Definition: Child immunization rate, hepatitis B is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received hepatitis B vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1998 62.00
1999 76.00
2000 68.00
2001 66.00
2002 63.00
2003 79.00
2004 82.00
2005 87.00
2006 84.00
2007 81.00
2008 81.00
2009 80.00
2010 83.00
2011 80.00
2012 74.00
2013 80.00
2014 89.00
2015 81.00
2016 80.00
2017 81.00
2018 92.00
2019 87.00
2020 81.00

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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Dominican Republic was 82.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 27.00 in 1981.

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 36.00
1981 27.00
1982 28.00
1983 29.00
1984 34.00
1985 39.00
1986 80.00
1987 80.00
1988 69.00
1989 58.00
1990 69.00
1991 71.00
1992 73.00
1993 75.00
1994 74.00
1995 72.00
1996 72.00
1997 73.00
1998 75.00
1999 83.00
2000 78.00
2001 72.00
2002 82.00
2003 79.00
2004 79.00
2005 87.00
2006 89.00
2007 85.00
2008 82.00
2009 82.00
2010 88.00
2011 84.00
2012 85.00
2013 83.00
2014 91.00
2015 85.00
2016 87.00
2017 84.00
2018 94.00
2019 89.00
2020 82.00

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

Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Dominican Republic was 82.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 96.00 in 2019, while its lowest value was 18.00 in 1981.

Definition: Child immunization, measles, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received the measles vaccination before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against measles after receiving one dose of vaccine.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

See also:

Year Value
1980 30.00
1981 18.00
1982 25.00
1983 24.00
1984 19.00
1985 54.00
1986 71.00
1987 71.00
1988 29.00
1989 65.00
1990 70.00
1991 72.00
1992 73.00
1993 75.00
1994 76.00
1995 78.00
1996 79.00
1997 79.00
1998 80.00
1999 83.00
2000 85.00
2001 88.00
2002 86.00
2003 83.00
2004 81.00
2005 79.00
2006 81.00
2007 82.00
2008 83.00
2009 84.00
2010 85.00
2011 87.00
2012 88.00
2013 83.00
2014 88.00
2015 90.00
2016 85.00
2017 86.00
2018 95.00
2019 96.00
2020 82.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention