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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Benin was 72.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.00 in 2007 and a minimum value of 15.00 in 2002.

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
2002 15.00
2003 73.00
2004 75.00
2005 70.00
2006 74.00
2007 82.00
2008 75.00
2009 79.00
2010 76.00
2011 75.00
2012 80.00
2013 77.00
2014 74.00
2015 74.00
2016 76.00
2017 76.00
2018 76.00
2019 76.00
2020 72.00

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