Table 3.

Vaccine coverage by age distributions for the 2016 birth cohort across 152 low-income and middle-income countries for BCG, the first dose of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis vaccine (DTP1), and the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1)

	WHO recommended age of first dose	Age by which 50% coverage of the 2016 birth cohort is achieved	Estimated coverage of the 2016 birth cohort at 1 year of age	Estimated coverage of the 2016 birth cohort at 3 years of age	Comments
BCG	At birth or as soon as possible after birth	Between 2 and 3 weeks of age	90%	92%	An estimated 37% of the 2016 birth cohort received BCG in the first week of life
DTP1	6 weeks	Between 9 and 10 weeks of age	89%	94%	An estimated 7·7% of the 2016 birth cohort received DTP1 before 6 weeks of age
MCV1	9 or 12 months	Between 43 and 44 weeks of age	67%	93%	An estimated 9·6% of the 2016 birth cohort received MCV1 before 9 months of age