Table 3.
Proportion of workers positive for hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen and hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody by sex and age (all ages and 40 years or older).
| All ages | Age ≥ 40 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | All | Men | Women | All | |
| HBs antigen | ||||||
| No. tested | 284,034 | 210,269 | 494,303 | 202,351 | 136,030 | 338,381 |
| No. positive | 835 | 562 | 1,397 | 714 | 461 | 1,175 |
| Positive rate (%) | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
| 95% CI (%) | 0.27–0.31 | 0.25–0.29 | 0.27–0.30 | 0.33–0.38 | 0.31–0.37 | 0.33–0.37 |
| HCV antibody | ||||||
| No. tested | 172,037 | 143,156 | 315,193 | 122,203 | 108,550 | 230,753 |
| No. positive | 672 | 419 | 1,091 | 622 | 382 | 1,004 |
| Positive rate (%) | 0.39 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.51 | 0.35 | 0.44 |
| 95% CI (%) | 0.36–0.42 | 0.26–0.32 | 0.33–0.37 | 0.47–0.55 | 0.32–0.39 | 0.41–0.46 |