Table 2.

Italian and immigrant population aged 20–59 years in the Veneto region (Italy): age-specific and crude prevalence rates of all chronic liver diseases (CLD), HBV- and HCV-related CLD.

	Age Class	n		rate per 1000 population
		Italians	Immigrants	Italians	Immigrants
Males
All CLD
	20–29 yrs	293	261	1.4	7.3
	30–39 yrs	1060	529	4.6	9.7
	40–49 yrs	4157	713	11.7	14.1
	50–59 yrs	7151	436	20.2	17.5
	Overall 20–59 yrs	12661	1939	11.1	11.7
HBV
	20–29 yrs	35	194	0.2	5.4
	30–39 yrs	133	358	0.6	6.6
	40–49 yrs	548	435	1.5	8.6
	50–59 yrs	905	192	2.6	7.7
	Overall 20–59 yrs	1621	1179	1.4	7.1
HCV
	20–29 yrs	136	33	0.7	0.9
	30–39 yrs	592	67	2.6	1.2
	40–49 yrs	2222	93	6.2	1.8
	50–59 yrs	3368	97	9.5	3.9
	Overall 20–59 yrs	6318	290	5.5	1.8
Females
All CLD
	20–29 yrs	255	242	1.3	6.3
	30–39 yrs	743	666	3.3	10.7
	40–49 yrs	1932	597	5.6	11.4
	50–59 yrs	3400	499	9.8	15.1
	Overall 20–59 yrs	6330	2004	5.7	10.8
HBV
	20–29 yrs	30	184	0.2	4.8
	30–39 yrs	147	444	0.7	7.1
	40–49 yrs	311	293	0.9	5.6
	50–59 yrs	380	162	1.1	4.9
	Overall 20–59 yrs	868	1083	0.8	5.8
HCV
	20–29 yrs	100	28	0.5	0.7
	30–39 yrs	301	134	1.3	2.1
	40–49 yrs	924	165	2.7	3.2
	50–59 yrs	1414	215	4.1	6.5
	Overall 20–59 yrs	2739	542	2.5	2.9