title: Percent of children vaccinated against better chances of the major childhood diseases.
unit_of_measure: Percent of children vaccinated
linearized_input: Percent of children vaccinated against better chances of the major childhood diseases. | Percent of children vaccinated | (CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED, Percent of children vaccinated) (BCG, 93) (DPT 3, 81) (Polio 3, 80) (Measles, 78) (All vaccinations, 68) (None, 5) (Urban, 81) (Rural, 66) (Mainland, 68) (Zanzibar, 70)
table_text: Children who are immunised have better chances of survival because they are protected from several serious child hood diseases. Almost seven out of ten Tanzanian children 12-23 months old are considered fully vaccinated because they have received BCG, measles, and 3 doses of DPT and polio vaccines (excluding polio at birth); five percent have received no immunisations. Eighty-one percent of urban children have received all vaccinations, compared to 66 percent of rural children. Children whose mother has no education (50 percent) are much less likely to be fully protected than children whose mother have completed primary school (78 percent). While the first doses of polio (93 percent) and of DPT (92 percent) are the most widely administered vaccines, coverage for the third doses of both vaccines drops to 80 and 81 percent, respectively.
target: Children who are immunised have better chances of survival because they are protected from several serious child hood diseases.