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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Italy was 94.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97.00 in 2007 and a minimum value of 93.00 in 2015.

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/).

See also:

Year Value
1991 95.00
1992 95.00
1993 95.00
1994 95.00
1995 95.00
1996 95.00
1997 95.00
1998 95.00
1999 97.00
2000 94.00
2001 95.00
2002 95.00
2003 95.00
2004 96.00
2005 96.00
2006 96.00
2007 97.00
2008 96.00
2009 96.00
2010 96.00
2011 96.00
2012 96.00
2013 96.00
2014 95.00
2015 93.00
2016 93.00
2017 94.00
2018 95.00
2019 95.00
2020 94.00

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