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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in United States was 91.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94.00 in 2008 and a minimum value of 16.00 in 1993.

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
1993 16.00
1994 42.00
1995 68.00
1996 82.00
1997 84.00
1998 87.00
1999 88.00
2000 90.00
2001 89.00
2002 88.00
2003 92.00
2004 92.00
2005 93.00
2006 93.00
2007 93.00
2008 94.00
2009 92.00
2010 92.00
2011 91.00
2012 90.00
2013 91.00
2014 92.00
2015 92.00
2016 93.00
2017 91.00
2018 91.00
2019 91.00
2020 91.00

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