US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Health Indicators

RATES OF COVERAGE WITH MEASLES VACCINE

*Country*	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Antigua and Barbuda*	73	69	80	86	95	95	89	--	--	91	--	91
Barbados	84	88	84	--	84	--	87	87	90	92	--	100
Dominica*	85	93	97	87	89	88	--	98	--	99	--	92
Dominican Republic	19	24	--	71	26	46	96	48	75	100	90	94
Grenada*	31	49	62	77	58	89	85	96	73	99	93	--
Haiti	8	21	--	26	63	31	31	--	--	24	30	--
Jamaica	60	64	36	62	68	71	74	68	63	80	93	--
Montserrat*	88	41	55	78	86	89	99	99	100	--	100	--
St. Kitts and Nevis*	85	91	96	91	77	90	99	99	99	100	100	--
St. Lucia*	60	68	91	81	82	91	82	--	72	94	--	97
St. Vincent and Grens.*	92	91	88	91	97	99	96	99	100	100	100	100
Trinidad and Tobago	10	32	42	68	76	59	70	70	--	87	--	78
CARIBBEAN	19.6	28.7	40.1	51.1	49.5	43.3	64.6	54.8	73.1	65.4	60.7
Belize*	44	49	81	64	70	71	81	74	72	83	79	87
Costa Rica	76	81	55	90	97	88	90	96	85	82	88	84
El Salvador	41	71	51	87	63	67	75	53	55	86	80	94
Guatemala	24	23	47	24	54	53	68	48	58	68	66	83
Honduras	44	53	60	89	76	86	90	86	89	94	95	96
Nicaragua	42	49	61	44	55	62	82	54	73	83	73	96
Panama	65	83	73	78	75	76	99	80	71	92	83	86
CENTRAL AMERICA	40.4	49.5	54.5	58.9	64.8	67.3	79.1	62.8	68.4	88.0	86.3	89.3
Argentina	66	67	87	81	68	77	95	99	89	95	95	76
Bolivia	20	21	17	33	44	58	53	73	80	81	89	83
Brazil	80	63	55	55	60	56	78	83	84	78	72	78
Chile	100	92	91	92	95	89	98	93	67	93	92	--
Colombia	49	53	56	59	74	73	82	75	74	94	86	74
Ecuador	54	54	49	46	52	57	61	54	66	73	78	--
Guyana	56	40	42	52	55	69	73	76	73	90	90	--
Paraguay	62	46	46	56	63	59	69	74	86	96	79	77
Peru	35	52	38	35	50	52	64	51	79	75	75	92
Uruguay	66	59	82	80	72	76	82	--	--	80	86	--
Venezuela	41	56	48	57	49	44	62	54	61	63	73	--
SOUTH AMERICA	66.5	59.3	53.1	54.5	60.8	58.6	75.0	75.2	79.5	81.0	79.4	78.8
Mexico	21	64	60	59	70	85	78	78	92	91	90	92
LAC REGION	51.9	58.1	54.7	55.8	62.7	64.7	75.6	74.0	81.1	83.1	81.5	83.5

Source: Center for International Health Information, July 1996.

Definition: An estimate of the proportion of surviving infants who received a dose of Measles vaccine before their first birthday.

Note: Countries marked with an (*) are not included in the aggregates because estimates of the number of surviving infants were not available for countries as small as these.

All data are drawn from annual reports published by the World Health Organization except for the following:

a) 1989 data for Belize are from the Annual Report, Medical Statistics Office, MOH, 1989; b) 1989 data for Bolivia are from the
1989 Demographic and Health Survey; c) 1989 data for Ecuador are from the EPI National Program Monitoring System; d) 1991
data for the Dom. Republic are from the 1992 Demog. and Health Survey; e) 1987 data for Haiti are from the study "Survie et
Sante De L'Enfant En Haiti", 1989 data are from the PAHO Database as of 5/8/90; f) 1987 data for Honduras are from the Nat'l
Nutrition Survey, 1987; g) 1989 data for Jamaica are from the PAHO Database as of 5/8/90; h) 1987 data for Mexico are from
the Encuesta Nacional Sobre Fecundidad, 1987 Demog. and Health Survey; i) 1985-88 data for Peru are a reevaluation of historical
data performed by a PAHO/UNICEF Review Commision as cited in A.I.D./Peru Memorandum, 8/1/90: 1989 data are MOH Program
data as cited in USAID/Peru facsimile # 31-2700: 1991 data are from the 1991/1992 Demog. and Health Survey: 1992 data are
from the MOH as cited in USAID/Peru facsimile dated 2/24/92; j) 1989 data for Trinidad & Tobago are from PAHO Database as of
4/8/90; k) 1989 data for Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Lucia are from the PAHO Database as of 5/8/90.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.

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