Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of all adults and children enrolled in nationwide hepatitis C serosurve — Georgia, 2021

Variables	Adults, overall		Children, overall
	Participants, No.	Weighted % (95% CI)	Participants, No.	Weighted % (95% CI)
Age
5–9	‒–	‒–	493	42.3 (38.8–45.9)
10–14	‒–	‒–	660	38.2 (35.1–41.5)
15–17	‒–	‒–	320	19.4 (16.9–22.3)
18–29	762	19.2 (17.7–20.8)	‒–	‒–
30–39	1,249	19.0 (17.6–20.5)	‒–	‒–
40–49	1,233	16.8 (15.6–18.1)	‒–	‒–
50–59	1,517	16.9 (15.8–18.0)	‒–	‒–
≥60	2,476	28.1 (26.6–29.7)	‒–	‒–
Sex
Male	2,409	46.7 (44.8–48.7)	773	47.7 (44.2–51.2)
Female	4,828	53.3 (51.3–55.2)	700	52.3 (48.8–55.8)
Region a
Tbilisi	1,282	31.8 (30.6–33.0)	400	33.0 (30.5–35.6)
Eastern Georgia	3,121	33.1 (31.9–34.4)	604	34.6 (31.7–37.6)
Western Georgia	2,834	35.0 (33.9–36.2)	469	32.4 (29.9–35.1)
Ethnicity
Georgian	6,407	90.7 (87.7–93.1)	1359	93.4 (90.7–95.3)
Armenian	353	2.9 (2.0–4.2)	32	1.9 (1.1–3.4)
Azerbaijani	280	4.7 (2.7–8.1)	48	4.0 (2.4–6.6)
Other	133	1.6 (1.2–2.3)	13	0.7 (0.4–1.2)
Missing	64
Highest level of education completed
≤ Elementary/primary school	645	7.9 (6.7–9.4)	‒–	‒–
Secondary school	2,355	32.2 (30.3–34.3)	‒–	‒–
Professional/technical school	1,465	17.6 (16.3–19.0)	‒–	‒–
≥ University/college	2,704	42.2 (39.8–44.6)	‒–	‒–
Missing	68
Employment Status
Employed, student, homemaker, retired	5,904	81.1 (79.4–82.6)	‒–	‒–
Unemployed	1,263	18.9 (17.4–20.6)	‒–	‒–
Missing	70

^aEastern Georgia = Kakheti, Mtskheta-Mtaineti, Samtkhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Katrtli, Shida Kartli

Western Georgia = Adjara, Guria, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo SvanetiAbbreviations: CI = confidence interval