Table 5.

Comparison of Hepatitis A Seroprevalence Rate by Age in the Taipei Area in Different Studies before 1982

Age	Hwang et al. (1975-1976) [16]			Age	Sung et al. (1976) [3]			Age	Wu et al. (1979) [6]
(years)	Year of birth	Case/Total	Rate (%)	(years)	Year of birth	Case/Total	Rate (%)	(years)	Year of birth	Case/Total	Rate (%)
1	1974-1975	5/302	1.6	5-9	1967-1971	2/15	13.3	1-3	1976-1978	13/115	11.3
2	1973-1974	2/121	1.7	10-14	1962-1966	17/22	77.3	4-6	1973-1975	21/144	14.6
3	1972-1973	1/32	3.1	15-19	1957-1961	13/16	81.3	7-9	1970-1972	34/162	21.0
4	1971-1972	4/34	11.8	20-29	1947-1956	18/20	90.0	10-12	1967-1969	57/132	43.2
5	1970-1971	5/34	14.7	30-39	1937-1946	17/18	94.4	13-15	1964-1966	81/131	61.8
6	1969-1970	5/32	15.6	40-49	1927-1936	14/14	100.0	16-18	1961-1963	46/72	63.8
7-8	1967-1969	5/28	17.9	50+	1926-	12/12	100.0	19-24	1955-1960	126/155	81.3
9-10	1965-1967	7/27	25.9					25-29	1950-1954	8/8	100.0
11-12	1963-1965	13/26	50.0					30-39	1940-1949	31/31	100.0
13-14	1961-1963	37/43	86.0					40-49	1930-1939	64/66	97.0
15-19	1956-1961	46/50	92.0					50-78	1901-1929	134/139	96.4