Table 5.
Proportion of workers screened for and seropositive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) by sex and age group.
| Age (years) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 | |
| Men | |||||
| Number tested for HCV | 1,132 | 5,428 | 12,470 | 10,882 | 7,220 |
| Number positive for HCV | 1 | 10 | 51 | 97 | 71 |
| Positive rate for HCV (%) | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.41 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| 95% CI (%) | 0–0.38 | 0.06–0.31 | 0.29–0.52 | 0.71–1.07 | 0.75–1.21 |
| Women | |||||
| Number tested for HCV | 883 | 3,761 | 7,583 | 5,758 | 3,110 |
| Number positive for HCV | 3 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 25 |
| Positive rate for HCV (%) | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.69 | 0.80 |
| 95% CI (%) | 0–082 | 0.11–0.48 | 0.11–0.34 | 0.48–0.91 | 0.48–1.13 |
| All | |||||
| Number tested for HCV | 2,015 | 9,189 | 20,053 | 16,640 | 10,330 |
| Number positive for HCV | 4 | 21 | 68 | 137 | 96 |
| Positive rate for HCV (%) | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.82 | 0.93 |
| 95% CI (%) | 0–0.43 | 0.13–0.33 | 0.24–0.40 | 0.69–0.96 | 0.74–1.12 |
| Government report in 2016 (Ref.18) (N = 728,684) | – | – | 0.1–0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% |