Table 4.

Geographic Regions With Prevalence of HBsAg Positivity ≥ 2%

Region	Countries
Africa	All
Asia	All
Australia and South Pacific	All except Australia and New Zealand
Middle East	All except Cyprus and Israel
Eastern Europe	All except Hungary
Western Europe	Malta, Spain, and indigenous populations in Greenland
North America	Alaska natives and indigenous populations in northern Canada
Mexico and Central America	Guatemala and Honduras
South America	Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Amazonian areas of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru
Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and Turks and Caicos

NOTE. Data adapted with permission.²⁹

Abbreviation: HBsAg, hepatitis B virus surface antigen.