Table 1.

Hepatitis B prevalence in Lake Victoria fishing communities

Characteristic	Total	Active HBV infection	Resolved HBV infection	HBV vaccinated	HBV naive
	N	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
	517	36 (7.0)	210 (40.6)	20 (3.9)	251 (48.6)
Age (years)
13–24	125	7 (5.6)	33 (26.4)	6 (4.8)	79 (63.2)
25+	392	29 (7.4)	177 (45.2)	14 (3.6)	172 (43.9)
Sex
Female	278	14 (5.0)	108 (38.8)	14 (5.0)	142 (51.1)
Male	239	22 (9.2)	102 (42.7)	6 (2.5)	109 (45.60
Occupation
Fishing & related	219	17 (7.8)	105 (47.9)	7 (3.2)	90 (41.1)
Trade/Business	53	4 (7.5)	18 (34.0)	1 (1.9)	30 (56.6)
Bar/Lodge	47	5 (10.6)	17 (36.2)	0 (0.0)	25 (53.2)
Farming	23	0 (0.0)	6 (26.1)	4 (17.4)	13 (56.5)
Housewife	46	0 (0.0)	17 (37.0)	3 (6.5)	26 (56.5)
Others	129	10 (7.8)	47 (36.4)	5 (3.9)	67 (51.9)
Marital status
Not Married	204	9 (4.4)	78 (38.2)	7 (3.4)	110 (53.9)
Married monogamous	239	21 (8.8)	102 (42.7)	11 (4.6)	105 (43.9)
Married polygamous	74	6 (8.1)	30 (40.5)	2 (2.7)	36 (48.6)
Sexual partners in the past 12 months
No	79	0 (0.0)	27 (34.2)	3 (3.8)	49 (62.0)
Yes	438	36 (8.2)	183 (42.8)	17 (3.9)	202 (46.1)
New sexual partner in the past 12 months
No	297	29 (9.8)	121 (40.7)	13 (4.4)	134 (45.1)
Yes	141	7 (5.0)	62 (44.0)	4 (2.8)	68 (48.2)
Condom use in the past 12 months
No	287	22 (7.7)	111 (38.7)	16 (5.6)	138 (48.1)
Yes	151	14 (9.3)	72 (47.7)	1 (0.7)	64 (42.4)
Community
Mainland	272	11 (4.0)	95 (34.9)	15 (5.5)	151 (55.5)
Island	245	25 (10.2)	115 (46.9)	5 (2.0)	100 (40.8)
Syphilis
Positive	39	4 (10.3)	18 (46.2)	3 (7.7)	14 (35.9)
Negative	474	32 (6.8)	189 (39.9)	17 (3.6)	236 (49.8)
HIV
Positive	119	11 (9.2)	58 (48.7)	2 (1.7)	48 (40.3)
Negative	394	25 (6.3)	149 (37.8)	18 (4.6)	202 (51.3)