Published by the World Health Organization (WHO), this dataset likely contains rates of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers per 100,000 population. The data is sourced from the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) platform, which aggregates health statistics from member states. The specific temporal coverage, geographic scope, and update frequency are not detailed in the available metadata.
Use Cases
- Mapping the global or regional prevalence of Hepatitis B infection (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Modeling the relationship between HBsAg carrier rates and socio-economic or healthcare access indicators (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Tracking progress towards WHO global hepatitis elimination targets over time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) platform
- Source organization is the World Health Organization (WHO)
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
- Row count, column definitions, and sample data are unknown
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- null