Table 2.
Notification rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection per 100,000 in Sweden in 2015 and 2018, by age and sex
| 2015 | 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Number of new hepatitis B notifications | General population | Notification rate per 100,000 persons* [95%CI] | Number of new hepatitis B notifications | General population | Notification rate per 100,000 persons * [95%CI] |
| Sex | ||||||
| Women | 433 | 4,920,051 | 8.80 [7.99–9.67] | 346 | 5,087,747 | 6.80 [6.10–7.56] |
| Men | 850 | 4,930,966 | 17.24 [16.10–18.44] | 443 | 5,142,438 | 8.61 [7.83–9.46] |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | ||||||
| Infant | 0 | 115,879 | 0.00 [0.00–3.18] | 2 | 116,840 | 1.71 [0.21–6.18] |
| 1–9 | 11 | 1,059,458 | 1.04 [0.52–1.86] | 11 | 1,107,132 | 0.99 [0.50–1.78] |
| 10–19 | 150 | 1,064,279 | 14.09 [11.93–16.54] | 67 | 1,155,271 | 5.80 [4.49–7.37] |
| 20–29 | 292 | 1,338,861 | 21.81 [19.38–24.46] | 136 | 1,338,915 | 10.16 [8.52–12.02] |
| 30–39 | 379 | 1,227,641 | 30.87 [27.84–34.14] | 241 | 1,330,260 | 18.12 [15.90–20.55] |
| 40–49 | 241 | 1,314,367 | 18.34 [16.09–20.80] | 177 | 1,294,175 | 13.68 [11.74–15.85] |
| 50 + | 210 | 3,730,533 | 5.63 [4.89–6.44] | 155 | 3,887,593 | 3.99 [3.38–4.67] |
| Country of infection | ||||||
| Sweden | 127 | 9,851,017 | 1.29 [1.08–1.53] | 54 | 10,230,185 | 0.53 [0.40–0.69] |
| Other | 1024 | 9,851,017 | 10.39 [9.77–11.05] | 631 | 10,230,185 | 6.17 [5.70–6.67] |
| Un-known | 132 | 104 | ||||
| Total | 1283 | 9,851,017 | 13.02 [12.32–13.76] | 789 | 10,230,185 | 7.71 [7.18–8.27] |
*Among those with a permanent personal identification number. CI confidence interval