USAID/LANIC:Health Indicators - Vaccination Coverage Rate for Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus

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percentage

	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Anguilla	100	88	92	99	99	100	100	100	100	94	97	100
Antigua & Barbuda	100	96	93	98	99	100	94	100	100	100	..	100
Bahamas	86	85	85	85	86	87	92	89	91	88	87	85
Belize	59	95	69	73	71	91	85	90	88	88	83	85
Bermuda	52	72	89	83	74	62	82	76	65	89	86	88
Cayman Islands	91	95	90	93	93	95	83	97	98	95	98	96
Cuba	91	99	87	94	95	92	100	94	100	100	100	97
Dominica	91	93	95	96	92	69	47	99	99	92	..	100
Dominican Republic	18	..	80	39	43	69	47	48	57	83	83	85
Grenada	61	98	80	65	87	81	85	90	89	83	95	80
Guyana	75	64	67	64	77	82	84	79	93	90	86	83
Haiti	23	27	30	54	50	41	..	30	30	30	..	..
Jamaica	60	74	81	82	85	86	83	84	91	93	90	92
Montserrat	99	99	96	91	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
St. Kitts-Nevis	92	99	96	94	99	100	100	100	100	100	99	100
St. Lucia	87	78	85	78	92	91	96	95	97	97	98	88
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	90	95	97	98	98	98	99	100	100	100	97	100
Suriname	84	80	71	64	72	83	74	74	76	74	84	80
Trinidad & Tobago	75	70	79	82	77	89	82	87	81	81	89	89
Turks and Caicos Islands	72	72	99	94	89	97	100	76	94	100	100	100
British Virgin Islands	81	99	96	84	99	100	98	100	98	100	100	100
Caribbean	47	46	65	64	65	69	75	60	65	72	89	90
Costa Rica	75	94	91	87	87	95	90	91	88	87	85	84
El Salvador	54	66	53	61	64	80	61	60	79	89	100	98
Guatemala	21	33	16	43	56	66	63	66	75	71	80	73
Honduras	59	77	72	60	85	84	94	93	94	95	94	95
Nicaragua	35	55	43	51	66	66	71	74	78	74	85	91
Panama	73	70	73	75	70	86	82	77	83	83	86	92
Central America	43	57	46	56	67	75	73	74	81	81	87	85
Argentina	63	67	75	61	80	87	81	81	81	82	82	83
Bolivia	33	29	24	39	39	41	58	77	81	82	88	82
Brazil	65	58	57	56	54	66	78	71	75	69	83	74
Chile	91	92	93	96	95	97	94	90	89	92	98	91
Colombia	60	69	72	74	77	87	84	78	83	91	89	99
Ecuador	41	43	51	54	55	75	69	79	76	80	74	88
Paraguay	54	53	58	56	61	79	79	85	79	84	79	80
Peru	48	50	43	66	58	72	71	83	87	87	94	100
Uruguay	63	70	70	82	88	97	96	93	92	86	91	86
Venezuela	49	58	54	51	55	61	64	66	69	63	68	57
South America	60	59	59	60	61	72	77	75	78	76	84	81
Mexcio	40	34	62	60	65	66	78	91	85	91	92	100
LAC	54	53	59	60	63	71	75	78	79	80	85	84

Sources Center for International Health Information (CIHI). Estimates were compiled from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF).

Definition Vaccination coverage rate for DPT-3 is the proportion of surviving infants who received three doses of DPT (diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus) vaccine before their first birthday. Diphtheria is an acute inf ectious disease caused by toxigenic strains of corynebacterium diphtheriae, acquired by contact with an infected person or a carrier of the disease, which is usually confined to the upper respiratory tract. It is characterized by the formation of a tough pseudomembrane attached firmly to the underlying tissue that will bleed if forcibly removed. Tetanus is a painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary m uscles. Pertussis is an acute, highly contagious infection of the respiratory tract, most frequently affecting young children, Symptoms include fever, conjunctivitis and a characteristic cough. Coughing spells end in a whoop caused by the forceful inspiration of air.

Notes Regional averages are weighted by the population under one year of age. Note that regional averages are higher in years for which there are no data for Haiti. DPT is a four-dose schedule (the first dose is considered &qu ot;0") for children resulting in lifelong immunity to diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. As the third dose signifies the completion of the series, this dose is used to estimate coverage rates. The estimate of vaccination coverage rates is used to m easure the ability of a country to provide universal child immunization. The World Summit goal for immunization is the maintenance of 90 percent coverage among children under 1 year of age.

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