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


RATES OF COVERAGE WITH POLIO 3 VACCINE

Country

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Antigua and Barbuda*

93

100

96

95

98

100

99

--

--

100

--

91

Barbados

77

88

80

68

72

80

90

90

89

88

--

100

Dominica*

82

89

92

95

97

94

94

94

--

99

--

92

Dominican Republic

99

11

--

79

64

75

90

55

63

82

90

100

Grenada*

75

77

92

81

64

86

69

82

90

91

85

--

Haiti

12

19

31

23

54

50

40

--

--

30

24

--

Jamaica

56

58

74

82

83

84

87

86

74

93

82

--

Montserrat*

82

99

99

96

91

93

99

99

100

--

100

--

St. Kitts and Nevis*

97

89

99

98

93

99

99

99

100

100

100

--

St. Lucia*

84

44

88

86

87

93

90

--

95

97

--

94

St. Vincent and Grens.*

90

89

95

96

97

97

92

99

100

100

100

100

Trinidad and Tobago

66

74

71

80

83

77

87

82

--

78

--

87

CARIBBEAN

56.7

24.6

44.4

56.2

63.2

65.7

68.4

64.1

66.9

61.7

 

 

Belize*

54

60

81

69

73

74

80

80

71

89

79

87

Costa Rica

81

75

94

89

86

91

95

89

91

87

88

94

El Salvador

44

54

70

57

62

66

76

60

62

79

83

94

Guatemala

47

21

36

18

55

58

74

69

69

77

66

84

Honduras

84

58

63

85

70

83

87

93

95

95

95

90

Nicaragua

73

70

89

85

83

83

86

83

86

94

74

81

Panama

70

71

71

74

73

72

86

82

83

83

82

84

CENTRAL AMERICA

61.4

48.6

61.8

56.7

66.9

71.4

81.0

76.5

77.7

84.3

83.3

87.1

Argentina

54

60

81

69

73

74

80

80

83

80

95

76

Bolivia

81

75

94

89

86

91

95

89

83

83

82

83

Brazil

44

54

70

57

62

66

76

60

96

92

89

78

Chile

47

21

36

18

55

58

74

69

90

94

93

--

Colombia

84

58

63

85

70

83

87

93

84

85

95

74

Ecuador

73

70

89

85

83

83

86

83

83

79

100

--

Guyana

70

71

71

74

73

72

86

82

87

92

83

--

Paraguay

61

49

62

57

67

71

81

76

87

80

83

76

Peru

28

49

47

42

60

58

72

59

80

86

87

97

Uruguay

62

63

70

70

82

82

88

--

--

88

80

--

Venezuela

33

49

58

54

51

50

63

54

72

75

94

--

SOUTH AMERICA

57.7

59.0

53.4

55.9

58.4

56.5

78.2

72.4

88.8

87.2

88.1

79.3

Mexico

91

67

96

57

95

96

96

95

92

92

90

90

LAC REGION

75.7

67.7

78.6

71.1

82.8

85.1

87.3

86.5

87.9

86.8

88.1

82.7

 

Source: Center for International Health Information, July 1996.

Definition: An estimate of the proportion of surviving infants who received three doses of Polio vaccine before their first birthday. Data reported for Brazil, Dom. Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay may be for 2 doses only.

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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