Table 1.
Prevalence of HBsAg in prisons, EU/EEA and United Kingdom (UK)
| Country | Year | Geographical coverage | Reference group | HBsAg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested (N) | Tested (%) | Positive (%) | ||||
| Bulgaria | 2010 | Unspecified (2 juvenile centres) | Children only | 258 | NA | 25.2 |
| Croatia | 2007 | National (all prisons) | Adults only | 3348 | NA | 1.3 |
| 2007 | National (all juvenile detention centres) | Children only | 140 | NA | 1.4 | |
| Finland | 2006 | National (all prisons and juvenile detention centres) | Adults and children | 383 | NA | 0.5 |
| France | 2013 | Clermont-Ferrand and Riom (2 prisons) | Adults only | 347 | NA | 0.6 |
| Hungary | 2009 | National (20 prisons) | Adults only | 4894 | NA | 1.5 |
| Ireland | 2011 | National | Adults only | 777 | NA | 0.3 |
| Italy | 2002 | Unspecified (multicentre) | Adults only | 973 | NA | 6.7 |
| Luxembourg | 2005 | Unspecified (2 prisons) | Unspecified | 115 | NA | 7.0 |
| Portugal | 2008 | Coimbra (1 regional prison) | Adults only | 151 | NA | 0.7 |
| 2015* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | NA | 100 | 1.5 | |
| Romania | 2010 | Bacau (1 prison) | Adults only | 197 | NA | 10.7 |
| Slovakia | 2015* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | NA | 17.7 | 1.0 |
| Spain | 2008 | 18 prisons across Asturias, Cantabria, Lerida, Salamanca, Barcelona, La Coruna, Alicante | Adults only | – | – | 2.6 |
| 2016* | National | All (including those in remand prison/jail) | NA | 80.5 | 3.5 | |
| UK | 2013 | London (1 prison) | Unspecified | 511 | NA | 2.0 |
| 2012 | Broadmoor (1 maximum-security prison) | Unspecified | 129 | NA | 0 | |
Sources: ECDC Hepatitis B-prevalence database (year denotes final year of sampling) and HIPED*.
–, no data; NA, not applicable.