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Table 4.

Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma before and after the introduction of universal vaccination for hepatitis B virus

Ref.	Country	Subjects	Year of the introduction of universal vaccination	Annual incidence of HCC cases per 100000 population
Ref.	Country	Subjects	Year of the introduction of universal vaccination	Before vaccination program	Year	After vaccination program	Year
102	United States (Alaska)	Under 20 yr of age	1984	3	1984-1988	0	1995-1999
109	Taiwan	6-14 yr of age	1984	0.7	1981-1986	0.36	1990-1994
109	Taiwan	6-9 yr of age	1984	0.52	1974-1984	0.13	1984-1986

HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.