Table 3.
Prevalence of anti-HCV and HCV-RNA in prisons, EU/EEA and United Kingdom (UK)
| Year | Geographical coverage | Reference group | anti-HCV | HCV-RNA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested % | Tested N | Positive % | Tested % | Positive % | ||||
| Bulgaria | 2009 | Unspecified (One prison and juvenile institution) | Adults +children | NA | 498 | 24·7 | .. | .. |
| 2010 | Unspecified (2 juvenile institutions) | Children only | NA | 258 | 20·5 | .. | .. | |
| Croatia | 2007 | National (All prisons) | Adults only | NA | 3348 | 12·5 | .. | .. |
| 2007 | National (All juvenile institutions) | Children only | NA | 140 | 4·3 | .. | .. | |
| 2006 | Unspecified (Multicentre) | Adults only | NA | 3348 | 14·2 | .. | .. | |
| Estonia | 2015* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | 86·3 | NA | 41·1 | .. | .. |
| Finland | 2006 | National (All prisons and juvenile institutions) | Adults +children | NA | 384 | 45·8 | .. | .. |
| 2006* | Sentenced only | .. | .. | 42·3 | .. | .. | ||
| France | 2003 | National | Unspecified | NA | 31,215 | 6·8 | .. | .. |
| 2010 | National | Adults only | NA | 1876 | 4·8 | .. | .. | |
| 2010 | Southeastern France (3 prisons) | Adults only | NA | 5957 | 5·2 | .. | .. | |
| 2013 | Unspecified (5 prisons) | Adults only | NA | 1720 | 6·5 | .. | .. | |
| 2013 | Clermont-Ferrand and Riom (2 prisons) | Adults only | NA | 342 | 4·7 | .. | .. | |
| 2003 | Caen | Adults only | NA | 442 | 3·9 | .. | .. | |
| Germany | 2001 | Berlin (2 prisons) | Unspecified | NA | 174 | 82·8 | .. | .. |
| 2002 | Unspecified (1 young offenders institution) | Adults only | NA | 1125 | 8·6 | .. | .. | |
| Hungary | 2009 | National (20 prisons) | Adults only | NA | 4894 | 4·9 | .. | .. |
| Ireland | 2011 | National | Adults only | NA | 777 | 12·9 | .. | .. |
| Italy | 2002 | Naples | Adults only | NA | 524 | 37·4 | .. | .. |
| 2002 | Unspecified (Multicentre) | Adults only | NA | 973 | 38·0 | .. | .. | |
| Malta | 2017* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | .. | .. | .. | 75 | 5.7 |
| Portugal | 2008 | Coimbra (1 regional prison) | Adults only | NA | 151 | 34·4 | .. | .. |
| 2005 | Unspecified (2 prisons) | Adults only | NA | 445 | 10·78 | .. | .. | |
| 2015* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | 100 | NA | 14·4 | .. | .. | |
| Slovakia | 2015* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | 17·5 | NA | 14·2 | .. | .. |
| Spain | 2000 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 44·9 | .. | .. |
| 2001 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 42·9 | .. | .. | |
| 2002 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 38·9 | .. | .. | |
| 2003 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 37·8 | .. | .. | |
| 2004 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 37·2 | .. | .. | |
| 2005 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 33·0 | .. | .. | |
| 2006 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 30·0 | .. | .. | |
| 2007 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 29·0 | .. | .. | |
| 2008 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 27·0 | .. | .. | |
| 2009 | National | Adults +children | .. | .. | 25·3 | .. | .. | |
| 2008 | 18 prisons across Asturias, Cantabria, Lerida, Salamanca, Barcelona, La Coruna, Alicante. | Adults only | .. | .. | 22·7 | .. | .. | |
| 2009 | Valencia | Adults only | NA | 2332 | 14·7 | .. | .. | |
| 2001 | Alicante | Adults only | NA | 730 | 38·2 | .. | .. | |
| 2016* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | 80 5 | NA | 18·7 | 66 | 60 | |
| Sweden | 2015* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | 90 | NA | 35·0 | 90 | 35 |
| UK | 2011 | Scotland (All prisons including juvenile institutions) | Adults +children | NA | 4810 | 19·2 | .. | .. |
| 2011 | Oxfordshire (1 prison) | Unspecified | NA | 118 | 11·0 | .. | .. | |
| 2012 | Broadmoor (1 maximum security psychiatric hospital/prison) | Unspecified | NA | 129 | 2·3 | .. | .. | |
| 2013 | London (1 prison) | Unspecified | NA | 511 | 4·3 | .. | .. | |
| 2016* | England | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | 24 | NA | 18·0 | 33 | 82 | |
| 2016* | Northern Ireland | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | |
| 2015* | Wales | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | 13 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | |
Sources: ECDC Prevalence database for infectious diseases (Year denotes final year of sampling in study) and HIPED*
.. No data; NA Not applicable