Table 1.

Perception of the hepatitis B virus.

(number of people who answered the question)	Totally/mostly agree	Totally/mostly disagree	I don't know
This disease is not severe (728)	7.2%	80.9%	11.9%
This disease does not exist in France (728)	2.4%	85.8%	11.8%
This disease can be lethal (728)	63.3%	8.1%	28.6%
One always recovers from this disease (728)	11.7%	54.4%	33.9%
This disease mostly affects alcoholics (727)	9.0%	45.9%	45.1%
This disease can affect anybody (730)	88.9%	1.8%	9.3%
This disease mostly affects young people (727)	1.6%	84.4%	14.0%
This disease can last a lifetime (729)	54.9%	4.9%	40.2%
This disease can cause cancer (728)	27.3%	10.1%	62.6%
This disease affects the liver (731)	51.4%	4.0%	44.6%