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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Dominican Republic was 81.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 62.00 in 1998.

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
1998 62.00
1999 76.00
2000 68.00
2001 66.00
2002 63.00
2003 79.00
2004 82.00
2005 87.00
2006 84.00
2007 81.00
2008 81.00
2009 80.00
2010 83.00
2011 80.00
2012 74.00
2013 80.00
2014 89.00
2015 81.00
2016 80.00
2017 81.00
2018 92.00
2019 87.00
2020 81.00

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