Table 2: Relative contribution (% of the total) of hepatitis C virus infection case reports by birth group, sex and reporting period in Canada (1991–2010).
Birth group | Contribution of total cases by sex and reporting period, by birth group (%) |
Average contribution of total cases by sex by birth group (%) | Average annual change by birth group and sex (%) |
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1991−1995 |
1996−2000 |
2001−2005 |
2006−2010 |
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Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
1921−1945 |
12.4 |
17.0 |
10.0 |
14.0 |
7.5 |
12.5 |
5.8 |
9.3 |
8.9 |
13.2 |
–0.3 |
–0.4 |
1946−1965 |
72.4 |
61.6 |
68.3 |
57.9 |
63.3 |
50.2 |
54.8 |
42.7 |
64.7 |
53.1 |
–0.9 |
–0.9 |
1966−1990 | 15.2 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 28.2 | 29.1 | 37.3 | 39.4 | 48.0 | 26.4 | 33.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 |