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Table 1 DTP3 vaccination rates as percentages of one-year-olds immunized in North-Western Europe [6]

From: Tetanus– a case report highlighting the challenges in diagnosis and treatment

Country/area

1980

2021

Absolute Change

Relative Change

Belgium

95%

98%

+ 3 pp

+ 3%

Denmark

88%

97%

+ 9 pp

+ 10%

Finland

92%

89%

-3 pp

-3%

Germany

 

91%

  

Luxembourg

 

99%

  

Netherlands

96%

95%

-1 pp

-1%

Norway

 

97%

  

Sweden

99%

98%

-1 pp

-1%

United Kingdom*

41%

93%

+ 52 pp

+ 127%

Other

    

World

20%

81%

+ 61 pp

+ 305%

  1. Abbreviations: pp, percentage point
  2. *The DTP3 vaccination rates in the United Kingdom in 1980 were significantly lower as a result of the “pertussis crisis”. Public debate regarding the safety of DTP3 vaccines in the mid-1970s caused the vaccination rates to drop to below 40%. DTP3 vaccination rates recovered in the mid-1980s [44]