Table 1.
Unadjusted Number and Rate of Acute Hepatitis B Cases, among persons ages 15 years and older, United States, 2013 – 2018
| Characteristic | Acute Casesa |
Rate per 100,000 |
IR, (SE) | STACUTE | Acute Casesb |
Rate per 100,000 |
IR, (SE) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 19,032 | 1.2 | N/A | 38.2% | 7,270 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Demographic Factors | Sex | - | ||||||
| Male | 11,754 | 1.5 | 1.71 (0.03) | 37.6% | 4,420 | 0.6 | 1.64 (0.04) | |
| Female | 7,211 | 0.9 | Ref | 39.3% | 2,834 | 0.4 | Ref | |
| Age Group (years) | - | - | ||||||
| 15-29 | 1,866 | 0.5 | 0.55 (0.02) | 31.2% | 582 | 0.1 | 0.41 (0.02) | |
| 30-39 | 5,831 | 2.3 | 2.70 (0.05) | 33.1% | 1,930 | 0.8 | 2.14 (0.07) | |
| 40-49 | 5,646 | 2.3 | 2.69 (0.05) | 41.5% | 2,343 | 1.0 | 2.67 (0.08) | |
| 50+ | 5,689 | 0.9 | Ref | 41.9% | 2,384 | 0.4 | Ref | |
| Race/Ethnicity | - | - | ||||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 344 | 0.4 | 0.80 (0.05) | 36.1% | 124 | 0.1 | 0.54 (0.05) | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 2,296 | 1.2 | 2.58 (0.09) | 68.1% | 1,419 | 0.7 | 2.97 (0.14) | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 11,981 | 1.2 | 2.59 (0.08) | 34.4% | 4,121 | 0.4 | 1.67 (0.07) | |
| Hispanic | 1,143 | 0.5 | Ref | 53.5% | 612 | 0.2 | Ref | |
| Geographic Factors | Region c | - | - | |||||
| Southern | 11,682 | 2.0 | 3.18 (0.08) | 46.3% | 5,409 | 0.9 | 4.23 (0.18) | |
| Western | 1,827 | 0.5 | 0.79 (0.03) | 11.6% | 212 | 0.1 | 0.27 (0.02) | |
| Midwestern | 3,807 | 1.2 | 1.84 (0.05) | 30.0% | 1,142 | 0.3 | 1.58 (0.08) | |
| Northeastern | 1,716 | 0.6 | Ref | 34.8% | 597 | 0.2 | Ref | |
| Rural/Urban | - | - | - | |||||
| Rural geographic area | 3,342 | 2.3 | 2.18 (0.04) | 25.5% | 852 | 0.6 | 1.39 (0.05) | |
| Urban geographic area | 13,605 | 1.1 | Ref | 40.0% | 5,442 | 0.4 | Ref |
Abbreviations: IR, incident rate; SE, standard error; STACUTE, proportion of acute HBV infections attributed to sexual transmission.
Unadjusted number and rate of Hepatitis B infections in the United States, all means of transmission.
Unadjusted number and rate of Hepatitis B infections in the United States, attributed to sexual transmission.
The 4 regions of residence used in this report are defined by the US Census Bureau as follows:
Northeastern: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Midwestern: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Western: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Southern: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia