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. 2019 Aug 26;71(3):586–592. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz841

Table 2.

Chronic 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 1 221 534 10 191 0.83 98 472 205 0.21 678 785 3616 0.53 444 277 6370 1.43
2012 1 170 897 6368 0.54 131 167 183 0.14 665 304 2593 0.39 374 426 3592 0.96
2013 1 062 471 5083 0.48 153 846 231 0.15 612 854 2328 0.38 295 771 2524 0.85
2014 1 058 643 5100 0.48 192 354 267 0.14 607 515 2489 0.41 258 774 2344 0.91
2015 1 106 327 4538 0.41 246 753 346 0.14 628 680 2297 0.37 230 894 1895 0.82
2016 1 213 517 4213 0.35 322 456 383 0.12 671 997 2269 0.34 219 064 1561 0.71
2017 1 201 276 2262 0.19 373 088 281 0.08 641 844 1277 0.20 186 344 704 0.38
Total 8 034 665 37 755 0.47 1 518 136 1896 0.12 4 506 979 16 869 0.37 2 009 550 18 990 0.94

Chronic HBV infection was defined by ≥1 laboratory HBV testing to define chronic HBV infection in laboratory criteria (hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B e antigen, and HBV DNA). Abbreviation: HBV, hepatitis B virus.