Table 1.

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection in World Health Organization Member Countries and Inclusion of Birth Dose HBV Vaccinations

Chronic HBV prevalence	Number of countries	Countries with HBV birth dose in schedule
High (>8%)	87	38 (44%)
Intermediate (2–8%)	62	33 (53%)
Low (<2%)	44	10 (23%)