Laboratory Reports, England and Wales, by Age Group, 1990 - 2003

Acute hepatitis B infection laboratory reports: England and Wales, by age group, 1990 - 2003*

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003*
< 1 year	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0
1 - 4 years	3	5	1	7	8	7	4	1	1	2	2	0	2	2
5 - 9 years	3	4	0	2	3	3	2	8	1	2	5	0	2	4
10 - 14 years	8	7	4	3	3	8	2	7	6	7	2	3	5	4
15 - 24 years	184	124	129	158	148	172	161	151	225	203	185	149	211	120
25 - 34 years	187	194	208	213	210	218	210	217	296	237	264	189	279	232
35 - 44 years	109	92	80	94	107	74	87	144	145	141	126	130	199	170
45 - 54 years	53	57	42	60	56	70	52	56	86	75	74	65	93	77
55 - 64 years	26	32	26	38	42	23	24	27	29	33	35	27	52	44
>= 65 years	17	21	17	27	25	19	12	23	25	27	20	20	24	28
Not known	25	34	23	27	30	18	16	17	29	23	15	24	24	14
TOTAL	618	572	531	629	633	612	570	652	843	752	729	608	892	695

Note: Case Definition - HBsAg positive and Anti-HBc IgM positive with or without recent history of discrete onset jaundice or other symptoms compatible with acute infection.
Last updated: 08 December 2004
*Provisional
Source: Laboratory reports to CDSC

Last reviewed: 3 June 2010