TABLE.
Number, percentage, and prevalence of patients tested for HCV, and identified as HCV-antibody positive and currently infected*, by demographic characteristics and health centers† — Philadelphia PA, October 2012–July 2014
| Characteristic | HCV-Antibody Tested | HCV-Antibody Positive | Currently Infected§ | |||||
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| No. | (%) | No. | (%)¶ | Prevalence** (%) | No. | (%)†† | Prevalence§§ (%) | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 2,522 | (55.9) | 421 | (70.8) | (16.7) | 297 | (76.2) | (11.8) |
| Female | 1,992 | (44.1) | 174 | (29.2) | (8.7) | 93 | (23.8) | (4.7) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2,862 | (63.4) | 309 | (51.9) | (10.8) | 209 | (53.6) | (7.3) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 545 | (12.1) | 173 | (29.1) | (31.7) | 115 | (29.5) | (21.1) |
| Hispanic | 724 | (16.0) | 81 | (13.6) | (11.2) | 48 | (12.3) | (6.6) |
| Asian | 136 | (3.0) | 5 | (0.8) | (3.7) | 5 | (1.3) | (3.7) |
| Other | 77 | (1.7) | 2 | (0.3) | (2.6) | 1 | (0.3) | (1.3) |
| Missing | 170 | (3.8) | 25 | (4.2) | (14.7) | 12 | (3.1) | (7.1) |
| Birth Year Cohort | ||||||||
| <1945 | 53 | (1.2) | 2 | (0.3) | (3.8) | 2 | (0.5) | (3.8) |
| 1945–1965 | 1,890 | (41.9) | 366 | (61.5) | (19.4) | 244 | (62.6) | (12.9) |
| >1965 | 2,571 | (57.0) | 227 | (38.2) | (8.8) | 144 | (36.9) | (5.6) |
| Health Insurance Type | ||||||||
| Uninsured | 1,495 | (33.1) | 126 | (21.2) | (8.4) | 77 | (19.7) | (5.2) |
| Public Insurance | 2,704 | (59.9) | 433 | (72.8) | (16.0) | 290 | (74.4) | (10.7) |
| Private Insurance | 315 | (7.0) | 36 | (6.1) | (11.4) | 23 | (5.9) | (7.3) |
| Health Center | ||||||||
| Care Clinic | 1,518 | (33.6) | 358 | (60.2) | (23.6) | 247 | (63.3) | (16.3) |
| Mary Howard | 1,079 | (23.9) | 159 | (26.7) | (14.7) | 108 | (27.7) | (10.0) |
| PHMC Health | 837 | (18.5) | 31 | (5.2) | (3.7) | 11 | (2.8) | (1.3) |
| Connection | ||||||||
| Rising Sun | 808 | (17.9) | 24 | (4.0) | (3.0) | 12 | (3.1) | (1.5) |
| Congreso | 272 | (6.0) | 23 | (3.9) | (8.5) | 12 | (3.1) | (4.4) |
| Total | 4,514 | (100) | 595 | (100) | (13.2) | 390 | (100) | (8.6) |
Abbreviation: HCV = hepatitis C virus
Currently infected indicates a diagnosis of chronic infection with HCV based on positive results of HCV-RNA testing.
Health centers are five federally qualified health centers owned and managed by the Public Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia, PA.
550 (92.4%) of 595 persons with HCV-antibody positive tests received HCV-RNA testing.
Percent positive among those tested.
Percent positive among those tested in each demographic subgroup and health center.
Percent currently infected among those tested.
Percent currently infected among those tested in each demographic subgroup.