
Percentage change in pneumococcus vaccine coverage in Italy 2018, by region
As of June 2018, the coverage of pneumococcus vaccine among children in birth-cohort 2015 increased by roughly 2.9 percent compared to data collected in 2016 for the birth-cohort 2014. This statistic shows the different percentage changes across regions in the country. According to data, the vaccination rate against pneumococcus registered the largest growth in Umbria, where the coverage increased by 5.8. By contrast, the vaccination coverage dropped in Province of Trento by 0.35 percent, the largest decrease nationwide.