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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Lebanon was 71.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.00 in 1999 and a minimum value of 71.00 in 2020.

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
1999 86.00
2000 83.00
2001 80.00
2002 77.00
2003 74.00
2004 75.00
2005 77.00
2006 78.00
2007 80.00
2008 81.00
2009 81.00
2010 81.00
2011 80.00
2012 80.00
2013 80.00
2014 80.00
2015 80.00
2016 80.00
2017 80.00
2018 80.00
2019 80.00
2020 71.00

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