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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Ecuador was 70.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.00 in 2006 and a minimum value of 36.00 in 2000.

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
2000 36.00
2001 69.00
2002 75.00
2003 82.00
2004 88.00
2005 92.00
2006 96.00
2007 94.00
2008 93.00
2009 91.00
2010 90.00
2011 88.00
2012 88.00
2013 87.00
2014 83.00
2015 78.00
2016 83.00
2017 85.00
2018 85.00
2019 85.00
2020 70.00

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