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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Mauritius was 93.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2010 and a minimum value of 72.00 in 2016.

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/).

See also:

Year Value
1997 90.00
1998 90.00
1999 85.00
2000 88.00
2001 92.00
2002 88.00
2003 97.00
2004 98.00
2005 97.00
2006 97.00
2007 97.00
2008 99.00
2009 99.00
2010 99.00
2011 98.00
2012 98.00
2013 98.00
2014 97.00
2015 97.00
2016 72.00
2017 96.00
2018 97.00
2019 97.00
2020 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