Table 2. Annual numbers of patients tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies and proportions testing positive, stratified by sex, Poland, 2004–2014 (n = 61,805 patients).
Year | All patients | Women | Men | P value | ||||||
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Number of anti-HCV tests |
Number of positive results | Percentage of positive results | Number of anti-HCV tests |
Number of positive results | Percentage of positive results | Number of anti-HCV tests |
Number of positive results | Percentage of positive results | ||
2004 | 815 | 26 | 3.2% | 410 | 14 | 3.4% | 405 | 12 | 3.0% | 0.7143 |
2005 | 1,366 | 32 | 2.3% | 766 | 14 | 1.8% | 600 | 18 | 3.0% | 0.1553 |
2006 | 1,210 | 29 | 2.4% | 650 | 13 | 2.0% | 560 | 16 | 2.9% | 0.3314 |
2007 | 1,761 | 43 | 2.4% | 961 | 26 | 2.7% | 800 | 17 | 2.1% | 0.4322 |
2008 | 3,033 | 47 | 1.6% | 1,648 | 25 | 1.5% | 1,385 | 22 | 1.6% | 0.8740 |
2009 | 4,263 | 75 | 1.8% | 2,477 | 44 | 1.8% | 1,786 | 31 | 1.7% | 0.9208 |
2010 | 5,250 | 116 | 2.2% | 3,243 | 57 | 1.8% | 2,007 | 59 | 2.9% | 0.0075 |
2011 | 7,378 | 149 | 2.0% | 4,970 | 86 | 1.7% | 2,408 | 63 | 2.6% | 0.0180 |
2012 | 9,527 | 133 | 1.4% | 6,730 | 78 | 1.2% | 2,797 | 55 | 2.0% | 0.0059 |
2013 | 12,239 | 141 | 1.2% | 8,799 | 88 | 1.0% | 3,440 | 53 | 1.5% | 0.0216 |
2014 | 14,963 | 166 | 1.1% | 11,620 | 113 | 1.0% | 3,343 | 53 | 1.6% | 0.0090 |
Total | 61,805 | 957 | 1.5% | 42,274 | 558 | 1.3% | 19,531 | 399 | 2.0% | 0.0001 |