Laboratory Reports, England and Wales, by Region, 1990 - 2003

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

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003*
East Midlands	40	32	25	36	54	62	59	60	75	41	47	22	36	40
Eastern	34	32	24	33	34	39	20	38	32	44	56	44	60	39
London	131	151	184	190	131	97	109	98	164	123	114	83	120	83
North East	20	28	9	15	16	21	42	15	21	21	38	14	49	46
North West	158	123	86	123	128	126	88	183	215	92	134	126	164	159
South East	50	45	51	45	52	61	58	64	75	90	79	39	75	69
South West	81	66	39	67	77	37	43	42	54	58	65	60	138	96
West Midlands	48	54	60	47	45	38	33	25	54	72	41	40	76	53
Wales	19	17	19	24	30	28	45	31	37	38	24	44	55	25
Yorkshire & Humberside	37	24	34	49	66	103	73	96	116	173	131	134	118	84
Grand 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.Note: England data have been retrospectively assigned to new regions and may differ slightly from previously published data

2 cases in 2001, 1 case in 2002 and 1 case in 2003 with NK regions

Last updated 07 December 2004
* Provisional

Source: Laboratory reports to CDSC

Last reviewed: 3 June 2010