St. Kitts and Nevis - Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in St. Kitts and Nevis was 99.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 94.00 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
1998 99.00
1999 99.00
2000 99.00
2001 99.00
2002 96.00
2003 99.00
2004 96.00
2005 99.00
2006 99.00
2007 99.00
2008 98.00
2009 97.00
2010 96.00
2011 98.00
2012 98.00
2013 97.00
2014 98.00
2015 94.00
2016 98.00
2017 98.00
2018 98.00
2019 97.00
2020 99.00

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