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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Palau was 93.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of 69.00 in 2009.

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 89.00
1992 75.00
1993 94.00
1994 73.00
1995 99.00
1996 99.00
1997 90.00
1998 96.00
1999 96.00
2000 96.00
2001 98.00
2002 99.00
2003 99.00
2004 98.00
2005 98.00
2006 98.00
2007 91.00
2008 92.00
2009 69.00
2010 80.00
2011 91.00
2012 89.00
2013 99.00
2014 99.00
2015 90.00
2016 98.00
2017 98.00
2018 98.00
2019 98.00
2020 93.00

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