Table 1.
HBsAg prevalence in children in China.
| Province and location∗ | Survey year | Age (yr) | Total children No | HBsAg (+), No (%) | References |
| Whole country | 2014 | 1–4 | 12,681 | 39 (0.3) | Cui et al[42] |
| 5–14 | 9738 | 87 (0.9) | |||
| Henan, Central China | 2012 | 1–4 | 5474 | 26 (0.5) | Yonghao et al[43] |
| 5–9 | 4407 | 32 (0.7) | |||
| 10–14 | 3326 | 40 (1.2) | |||
| Guangdong, South China | 2013 | 1–4 | 825 | 8 (0.97) | Zhu et al[44] |
| 5–9 | 1024 | 12 (1.17) | |||
| 10–14 | 916 | 12 (1.31) | |||
| Jiangsu, East China | 2014 | 0.6–3 | 1270 | 2 (0.16) | Lin et al[45] |
| >3–6 | 822 | 3 (0.36) | |||
| >6–9 | 752 | 1 (0.13) | |||
| >9–12 | 598 | 6 (1.00) | |||
| Chongqing, Southwest China | 2012–2016 | 1–16 | 93,326 | 449 (0.48) | Yue et al[46] |
| Sichuan, Southwest China | 2015 | 1–4 | 6519 | 9 (0.14) | Liu et al[47] |
| 5–8 | 34,689 | 55 (0.16) | |||
| 9–13 | 31,415 | 109 (0.35) | |||
| Zhejiang, East China | 2015–2016 | 1–8 | 1695 | 7 (0.41) | Li et al[48] |
| Changchun, Northeast China | 2016 | <1 | 382 | 0 (0) | Wang et al[49] |
| 1–4 | 1614 | 3 (0.19) | |||
| 5–14 | 1413 | 3 (0.21) | |||
| Yunnan, Southwest China | 2017 | 1.5–5.5 | 10,691 | 76 (0.71) | Wang et al[50] |
| 5.6–10.5 | 14,173 | 222 (1.57) | |||
| 10.6–15.5 | 14,941 | 422 (2.82) |
∗
This just indicates where the studies were performed, but not to indicate the representative of a province's results, because some of the studies were performed in single hospitals. HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen.