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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Turkey was 98.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 68.00 in 2003.

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
2000 71.00
2001 77.00
2002 72.00
2003 68.00
2004 77.00
2005 85.00
2006 82.00
2007 96.00
2008 92.00
2009 94.00
2010 96.00
2011 96.00
2012 97.00
2013 97.00
2014 96.00
2015 97.00
2016 98.00
2017 96.00
2018 98.00
2019 99.00
2020 98.00

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