Albania - Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Albania was 98.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 88.00 in 1995.

Definition: Child immunization rate, hepatitis B is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received hepatitis B vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1994 99.00
1995 88.00
1996 96.00
1997 97.00
1998 94.00
1999 96.00
2000 96.00
2001 96.00
2002 96.00
2003 97.00
2004 99.00
2005 98.00
2006 98.00
2007 98.00
2008 99.00
2009 98.00
2010 99.00
2011 99.00
2012 99.00
2013 99.00
2014 98.00
2015 99.00
2016 98.00
2017 99.00
2018 99.00
2019 99.00
2020 98.00

Limitations and Exceptions: In many developing countries a lack of precise information on the size of the cohort of one-year-old children makes immunization coverage difficult to estimate from program statistics.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Governments in developing countries usually finance immunization against measles and diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (DTP) as part of the basic public health package. The data shown here are based on an assessment of national immunization coverage rates by the WHO and UNICEF. The assessment considered both administrative data from service providers and household survey data on children's immunization histories. Based on the data available, consideration of potential biases, and contributions of local experts, the most likely true level of immunization coverage was determined for each year.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention