Table 1.

Sex and Age wise distribution of HBV infected patients.

Age Group	Males (Percentage within the Age Group)	Females (Percentage within the Age Group)	Total [Percentage within all Age Group]
< 20 Years	90 (69)	40 (31)	130 [6]
20 - 39	1086 (80)	265 (20)	1351 [64]
40 - 59	394 (76)	124 (24)	518 [24.8]
60 - 79	67 (64)	37 (36)	104 [5]
> 80 Years	4 (67)	2 (33)	6 [0.2]
Total [percentage within all age group]	1641 [78]	468 [22]	2109 [100]

632 HBV patients were tested for HBeAg from both sexes in all age groups, 74 males and 24 females were found reactive. 16% of patients tested for HBeAg were found reactive and there were no significant differences of the proportions of males and females in all age groups. All the results are summarized in (Table 2).