Goal 3 - Good health and well-being

Priority for Poland - Increase in health awareness

Unit: percent [%]
Source of data: Statistics Poland

Information about indicator

Name of the indicator	3.3.b Percentage of persons who have ever been vaccinated against virus hepatitis B
Sustainable Development Goal	Goal 3. Good health and well-being
Priority	Increase in health awareness
Definition	Percentage of persons who have ever been vaccinated against virus hepatitis B.
Unit	percent [%]
Available dimensions	total
Methodological explanations	Data comes from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), repeated every 5 years. The results of the study enable to get to know the health situation of the inhabitants of the Union and its conditions in connection with the demographic and social characteristics and the place of residence. The study covers four areas: health status (including self-assessment of health status, chronic diseases, limitations in functioning and their impact on everyday life, psychological well-being), health care (use of medical care, use of medicines, prophylaxis), health determinants (mainly lifestyle and exposure to adverse environmental factors) and demographic and social characteristics of persons and households.
Source of data	Statistics Poland
Data availability	Data every 5 years; since 2010
Notes	Data presented for 2010 relate to the survey carried out in 2009. Lack of data for 2019 results from the fact that in the third round of EHIS (2019) there was no question about vaccination against virus hepatitis B.