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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Colombia was 88.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.00 in 1996 and a minimum value of 71.00 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
1995 71.00
1996 95.00
1997 85.00
1998 75.00
1999 77.00
2000 78.00
2001 80.00
2002 78.00
2003 92.00
2004 89.00
2005 93.00
2006 93.00
2007 93.00
2008 92.00
2009 92.00
2010 88.00
2011 85.00
2012 92.00
2013 91.00
2014 90.00
2015 91.00
2016 91.00
2017 92.00
2018 92.00
2019 94.00
2020 88.00

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