Table 1. Total number, attack rate and male to female ratio of hepatitis A patients notified between 1 June and 31 March, 2012–2017, participating European Union/European Economic Area countries.

Country^{a, b}	Number of hepatitis A cases (all ages)		Attack rate (all ages)^c		Male:Female ratio (18–45 years)^d
Country^{a, b}	2012–16^e (Average)	2016–17^e	2012–16^e (Average)	2016–17^e	2012–16^e (Average)	2016–17^e
Austria	60	125	0.7	1.4	1.1	4.6
Belgium	148	223	1.3	2.0	1.2	4.7
Denmark	42	29	0.7	0.5	1.6	1.3
Finland	23	17	0.4	0.3	1.1	6.0
France	787	750	1.2	1.1	1.1	3.1
Germany	720	668	0.9	0.8	1.3	3.3
Greece	84	241	0.8	2.2	1.1	3.3
Italy	421	976	0.7	1.6	1.5	8.4
Ireland	22	41	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.7
Malta	2	6	0.5	1.4	1.0	1.5
The Netherlands	96	119	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.0
Portugal	19	164	0.2	1.6	1.6	9.5
Slovenia	8	11	0.4	0.5	1.7	2.0
Spain	531	2,039	1.1	4.4	1.2	7.5
Sweden	85	84	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.2
UK	265	553	0.4	0.9	1.0	4.7

MSM: men who have sex with men; UK: United Kingdom.

^a A food-borne HA outbreak occurred in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 2012/13.

^b A food-borne HA outbreak occurred in Austria, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden in 2013/14.

^c The 2016/17 attack rates with ≥ 2 fold increase from previous 4 years are in bold.

^d The 2016/17 M:F ratios ≥ 3 are in bold.

^e For all years, the period referred to is 1 June to 31 March (of the subsequent year).