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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in United Arab Emirates was 90.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 11.00 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 11.00
1981 45.00
1982 43.00
1983 50.00
1984 59.00
1985 76.00
1986 78.00
1987 80.00
1988 82.00
1989 84.00
1990 85.00
1991 85.00
1992 86.00
1993 90.00
1994 90.00
1995 90.00
1996 90.00
1997 92.00
1998 94.00
1999 94.00
2000 94.00
2001 94.00
2002 94.00
2003 94.00
2004 94.00
2005 94.00
2006 92.00
2007 92.00
2008 92.00
2009 93.00
2010 94.00
2011 95.00
2012 96.00
2013 98.00
2014 99.00
2015 99.00
2016 99.00
2017 97.00
2018 99.00
2019 99.00
2020 90.00

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