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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Venezuela was 54.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of 5.00 in 2000.

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 5.00
2001 53.00
2002 60.00
2003 72.00
2004 82.00
2005 88.00
2006 71.00
2007 62.00
2008 53.00
2009 84.00
2010 78.00
2011 78.00
2012 81.00
2013 82.00
2014 78.00
2015 87.00
2016 84.00
2017 66.00
2018 60.00
2019 64.00
2020 54.00

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