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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Tonga was 99.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 82.00 in 1992.

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
1990 94.00
1991 88.00
1992 82.00
1993 96.00
1994 90.00
1995 91.00
1996 94.00
1997 95.00
1998 96.00
1999 93.00
2000 97.00
2001 96.00
2002 95.00
2003 93.00
2004 99.00
2005 99.00
2006 99.00
2007 99.00
2008 98.00
2009 99.00
2010 99.00
2011 99.00
2012 95.00
2013 99.00
2014 98.00
2015 96.00
2016 96.00
2017 99.00
2018 99.00
2019 99.00
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