Trinidad and Tobago - Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Trinidad and Tobago was 93.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 5.00 in 2002.

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
2002 5.00
2003 76.00
2004 94.00
2005 95.00
2006 89.00
2007 89.00
2008 90.00
2009 90.00
2010 90.00
2011 90.00
2012 92.00
2013 92.00
2014 92.00
2015 90.00
2016 97.00
2017 89.00
2018 99.00
2019 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