Editing DPT vaccine (section)

=== Vaccination rates ===
In 2016, the [[CDC]] reported that 80.4% of children in the US had received four or more DTaP vaccinations by 2 years of life.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |date=6 September 2022 |title=FastStats |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/whooping-cough.htm |access-date=12 September 2022 |publisher=U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512021731/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/whooping-cough.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Vaccination rates for children aged 13–17 with one or more TDaP shots was 90.2% in 2019.<ref name=":4" /> Only 43.6% of adults (older than 18) have received a TDaP shot in the last 10 years.<ref name=":4" /> The CDC aimed to increase vaccination rate among 2-year-olds from 80.4% to 90.0%<ref>{{cite web |title=Increase the coverage level of 4 doses of the DTaP vaccine in children by age 2 years&nbsp;— IID‑06 - Healthy People 2030 {{!}} health.gov |url=https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/vaccination/increase-coverage-level-4-doses-dtap-vaccine-children-age-2-years-iid-06 |access-date=12 September 2022 |website=health.gov |archive-date=12 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912193352/https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/vaccination/increase-coverage-level-4-doses-dtap-vaccine-children-age-2-years-iid-06 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) estimated that 89% of people globally had received at least one dose of DTP vaccine and 84% had received three doses of the vaccine, completing the WHO-recommended primary series (DTP3).<ref>{{cite web |title=Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP) vaccination coverage |url=https://immunizationdata.who.int/pages/coverage/dtp.html?CODE=Global&ANTIGEN=&YEAR= |website=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)}}</ref> The WHO also tracks the DTP3 completion rate among one-year-olds on a yearly basis. Yearly DTP3 completion rate is considered a good [[Proxy (statistics)|proxy]] for the completeness of childhood vaccination in general.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = de Araújo Veras AA, Arruda Vidal S, Costa de Macêdo V, de Carvalho Lima M, Cabral de Lira PI, da Fonseca Lima EJ, Batista Filho M | title = Prevalence, Trends and Conditions for the DTP3 Vaccine: A 25-Year Historical Perspective | journal = Risk Management and Healthcare Policy | volume = 14 | pages = 4301–4310 | date = 2021 | pmid = 34703341 | doi = 10.2147/RMHP.S312263 | pmc = 8524252 | doi-access = free }}</ref>