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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Costa Rica was 98.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 76.00 in 1997.

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
1997 76.00
1998 86.00
1999 83.00
2000 89.00
2001 80.00
2002 94.00
2003 86.00
2004 89.00
2005 90.00
2006 88.00
2007 89.00
2008 89.00
2009 87.00
2010 89.00
2011 84.00
2012 91.00
2013 94.00
2014 91.00
2015 92.00
2016 97.00
2017 97.00
2018 98.00
2019 98.00
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