Table 1.
Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Women of Childbearing Age, 2011–2017
| Test Year | All Women | Birth-dose Cohort | Adolescent-dose Cohort | Partial-vaccination Cohort | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Size | Number of Positive Tests | % | Sample Size | Number of Positive Tests | % | Sample Size | Number of Positive Tests | % | Sample Size | Number of Positive Tests | % | |
| 2011 | 329 092 | 90 | 0.03 | 26 574 | 0 | 0.00 | 151 432 | 29 | 0.02 | 151 086 | 61 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 325 848 | 110 | 0.03 | 35 104 | 3 | 0.01 | 154 746 | 34 | 0.02 | 135 998 | 73 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 312 249 | 88 | 0.03 | 41 714 | 6 | 0.01 | 151 135 | 23 | 0.02 | 119 400 | 59 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 343 140 | 107 | 0.03 | 55 620 | 2 | 0.00 | 168 063 | 44 | 0.03 | 119 457 | 61 | 0.05 |
| 2015 | 368 195 | 94 | 0.03 | 71 774 | 4 | 0.01 | 182 378 | 41 | 0.02 | 114 043 | 49 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 419 506 | 140 | 0.03 | 97 163 | 11 | 0.01 | 206 705 | 58 | 0.03 | 115 638 | 71 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 436 569 | 154 | 0.04 | 117 285 | 10 | 0.01 | 212 828 | 66 | 0.03 | 106 456 | 78 | 0.07 |
| Total | 2 534 599 | 783 | 0.03 | 445 234 | 36 | 0.01 | 1 227 287 | 295 | 0.02 | 862 078 | 452 | 0.05 |
Acute infection was defined as a hepatitis B surface antigen and, concurrently, either a hepatitis B core immunoglobin M antibody or a serum alanine aminotransferase ≥250 U/L.