Table 1. HIV/HBV/HCV prevalence among blood donors and OFWCs.
Anti-HIV Ab |
HBsAg |
Anti-HCV Ab |
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Number tested | Number positive | % | Number tested | Number positive | % | Number tested | Number positive | % | |||
Blood donors | |||||||||||
Male | 58 169 | 4 | 0.007 | 59 740 | 2 551 | 4.27 | 58 021 | 203 | 0.35 | ||
Female | 5 080 | 0 | 0 | 5 214 | 153 | 2.93 | 5 145 | 5 | 0.10 | ||
All | 63 249 | 4 | 0.006 | 64 954 | 2 704 | 4.16 | 63 166 | 208 | 0.33 | ||
OFWCs | |||||||||||
Male | 27 771 | 1 | 0.004 | 30 484 | 1 374 | 4.51 | 4 660 | 43 | 0.92 | ||
Female | 41 352 | 0 | 0 | 49 186 | 1 952 | 3.97 | 6 354 | 60 | 0.94 | ||
All | 69 123 | 1 | 0.001 | 79 670 | 3 326 | 4.17 | 11 014 | 103 | 0.94 |
Ab, antibody; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OFWCs, overseas Filipino worker candidates.