It has come to our attention that there are three mistakes in the Results section of our manuscript. In the second paragraph, last line, ‘in metropolitan areas’ should read ‘in rural areas’. Likewise, in the far left-hand column of both Table 1, Table 2, ‘Metropolitan’ and ‘Rural’ have been reversed. The corrected tables are presented below:
Table 1.
Demographic characteristics among people with an HBV notification (1993-2017), by decompensated cirrhosis diagnosis status (2000-2018).
| Characteristics (n, %) | All HBV |
No DC 2001-2018 |
DC 2001-2018 |
Period of DC |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2009 |
2010-2018 |
||||
| n = 60,660 | n = 59,384 | n = 1,276 | n = 608 | n = 668 | |
| Year of birth, median (IQR)∗ | 1966 (56-77) | 1967 (57-77) | 1954 (45-62) | 1951 (41-60) | 1956 (47-65) |
| Birth cohort, n (%)∗ | |||||
| ≤1944 | 4,908 (8) | 4,589 (8) | 319 (25) | 199 (33) | 120 (18) |
| 1945-1964 | 22,583 (37) | 21,882 (37) | 701 (55) | 320 (53) | 381 (57) |
| ≥1965 | 33,164 (55) | 32,908 (55) | 256 (20) | 89 (14) | 167 (25) |
| Male sex∗∗ | 33,367 (55) | 32,391 (55) | 976 (77) | 471 (78) | 505 (76) |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander∗∗∗ | 2,118 (3) | 2,003 (5) | 115 (9) | 50 (8) | 65 (10) |
| Place of birth∗∗∗∗ | |||||
| Australia | 8,666 (14) | 8,252 (21) | 414 (33) | 185 (31) | 229 (34) |
| Americas, Europe, New Zealand | 4,057 (7) | 3,837 (10) | 220 (17) | 116 (19) | 104 (16) |
| Africa | 1,360 (2) | 1,331 (3) | 29 (2) | 11 (2) | 18 (3) |
| East Asia | 11,661 (19) | 11,431 (28) | 230 (18) | 114 (19) | 116 (17) |
| Oceania and Southeast Asia | 12,914 (21) | 12,605 (31) | 309 (25) | 146 (24) | 163 (25) |
| Western Asia | 2,606 (4) | 2,600 (7) | 66 (5) | 31 (5) | 31 (5) |
| Co-infection | |||||
| With HCV | 3,943 (7) | 3,649 (6) | 294 (23) | 122 (20) | 172 (26) |
| With HIV | 394 (1) | 364 (1) | 30 (2) | 19 (3) | 11 (2) |
| LHD at the time of HBV notification∗∗∗∗∗ | |||||
| Rural NSW | 6,049 (10) | 5,832 (10) | 217 (17) | 107 (18) | 110 (17) |
| Outer metropolitan NSW | 27,773 (46) | 26,198 (46) | 575 (45) | 263 (43) | 312 (47) |
| Metropolitan NSW | 25,961 (43) | 25,489 (43) | 472 (37) | 237 (39) | 235 (35) |
| History of alcohol use disorder diagnosis | 2,295 (4) | 1,911 (3) | 384 (30) | 169 (28) | 215 (32) |
DC, decompensated cirrhosis; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; IQR, interquartile range; LHD, local health district; NSW, New South Wales.
5 had missing information.
387 had missing information.
17,722 had missing information.
19,336 had missing information.
877 had missing information.
Table 2.
Demographic characteristics among people with an HBV notification (1993-2017), by hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis status (2000-2018).
| Characteristics (n, %) | All HBV |
No HCC 2001-2018 |
HCC 2001-2018 |
Period of HCC |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2009 |
2010-2018 |
||||
| n = 60,660 | n = 59,573 | n = 1,087 | n = 481 | n = 606 | |
| Year of birth, median (IQR)∗ | 1966 (56-77) | 1967 (57-77) | 1951 (42-59) | 1947 (37-56) | 1954 (46-61) |
| Birth cohort∗ | |||||
| ≤1944 | 4,908 (8) | 4,572 (8) | 336 (31) | 211 (44) | 125 (21) |
| 1945-1964 | 22,583 (37) | 21,965 (37) | 618 (57) | 231 (48) | 387 (64) |
| ≥1965 | 33,164 (55) | 33,032 (55) | 132 (12) | 38 (8) | 94 (15) |
| Male sex∗∗ | 33,367 (55) | 32,475 (55) | 892 (82) | 393 (82) | 499 (82) |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander∗∗∗ | 2,118 (3) | 2,092 (4) | 26 (2) | 9 (2) | 17 (3) |
| Place of birth∗∗∗∗ | |||||
| Australia | 8,666 (14) | 8,549 (14) | 117 (11) | 37 (8) | 80 (13) |
| Americas, Europe, New Zealand | 4,057 (7) | 3,908 (7) | 149 (14) | 76 (16) | 73 (12) |
| Africa | 1,360 (2) | 1,328 (2) | 32 (3) | 12 (2) | 20 (3) |
| East Asia | 11,661 (19) | 11,303 (19) | 358 (33) | 169 (35) | 189 (31) |
| Oceania and Southeast Asia | 12,914 (21) | 12,545 (21) | 369 (34) | 156 (32) | 213 (35) |
| Western Asia | 2,606 (4) | 2,612 (4) | 54 (5) | 28 (6) | 26 (4) |
| Co-infection | |||||
| With HCV | 3,943 (7) | 3,815 (6) | 128 (12) | 43 (9) | 85 (14) |
| With HIV | 394 (1) | 381 (1) | 13 (1) | 6 (1) | 7 (1) |
| LHD at the time of HBV notification∗∗∗∗∗ | |||||
| Rural NSW | 6,049 (10) | 5,957 (10) | 92 (8) | 39 (8) | 53 (9) |
| Outer metropolitan NSW | 27,773 (46) | 27,253 (46) | 520 (48) | 227 (47) | 293 (48) |
| Metropolitan NSW | 25,961 (43) | 25,496 (43) | 465 (43) | 212 (44) | 253 (42) |
| History of alcohol use disorder diagnosis | 2,295 (4) | 2,148 (4) | 111 (10) | 36 (7) | 75 (12) |
HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, hepatitis C virus; IQR, interquartile range; LHD, local health district; NSW, New South Wales.
5 had missing information.
387 had missing information.
17,722 had missing information.
19,336 had missing information.
877 had missing information.
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