Papua New Guinea - Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Papua New Guinea was 39.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.00 in 2011 and a minimum value of 7.00 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
1990 20.00
1991 19.00
1992 12.00
1993 7.00
1994 20.00
1995 23.00
1996 43.00
1997 44.00
1998 47.00
1999 54.00
2000 57.00
2001 59.00
2002 60.00
2003 67.00
2004 60.00
2005 63.00
2006 71.00
2007 61.00
2008 59.00
2009 66.00
2010 67.00
2011 72.00
2012 69.00
2013 69.00
2014 57.00
2015 52.00
2016 46.00
2017 36.00
2018 35.00
2019 35.00
2020 39.00

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