Table 2.
Ferrara’s Province total and single TARGET populations HCV screening and positivity.
| FERRARA (2022) | FERRARA (2022–2023) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of subjects | Population born between 1969 and 1989 (TARGET 1) | SerD (TARGET 2) | Prison (TARGET 3) | Total | Population born between 1969 and 1989 (TARGET 1) | SerD (TARGET 2) | Prison (TARGET 3) | Total |
| Eligible population (E) | 96,848 | 134 | 205 | 97,187 | 100,201 | 1,445 | 429 | 102,075 |
| Invited to the screening test (F) | 93,755 | 50 | 205 | 94,010 | 97,622 | 900 | 429 | 98,951 |
| Taking the screening test (G) | 34,998 | 17 | 205 | 35,220 | 50,768 | 105 | 410 | 51,283 |
| Positive to the screening test (H) | 247 | 1 | 17 | 265 | 393 | 13 | 41 | 447 |
| Taking the confirmatory test (I) | 247 | 0 | 17 | 264 | 391 | 10 | 41 | 442 |
| Positive in the confirmatory test (active HCV infection identified) (J) | 40 | 0 | 7 | 47 | 77 | 2 | 9 | 88 |
| Sent to specialist treatment centres | 38 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 77 | 0 | 9 | 86 |
| Undergoing specialist visit | 28 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 69 |
| Starting therapeutic treatment (K) | 28 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 69 |
| Screening indicators | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension (F/E) | 96.81% | 37.31% | 100.00% | 96.73% | 97.43% | 62.28% | 100.00% | 96.94% |
| Compliance (G/F) | 37.33% | 34.00% | 100.00% | 37.46% | 52.00% | 11.67% | 95.57% | 51.83% |
| Coverage (G/E) | 36.14% | 12.69% | 100.00% | 36.24% | 50.67% | 7.27% | 95.57% | 50.24% |
| Positive Ab research test (H/G) | 0.71% | 5.88% | 8.29% | 0.75% | 0.77% | 12.38% | 10.00% | 0.87% |
| Adherence to confirmatory test (I/H) | 100.00% | 0.00% | 100.00% | 99.62% | 99.49% | 76.92% | 100.00% | 98.88% |
| Confirmatory test positivity (J/I) | 16.19% | – | 41.18% | 17.80% | 19.69% | 20.00% | 21.95% | 19.91% |
| Detection Rate (J*1,000/G) | 1.14 | 0.00 | 34.15 | 1.33 | 1.52 | 19.05 | 21.95 | 1.72 |
| Percentage of subjects with active infection on treatment (K/J) | 70.00% | – | 100.00% | 74.47% | 77.92% | 0.00% | 100.00% | 78.41% |
Ferrara’s province HCV screening and positivity data (years 2022 and 2022–2023).