Table 1 Prevalence of HCV infection among blood donors at different regions

East

China

Anhui

21

11.25(6.56,17.04)

19

12.91(8.31,18.34)

2

0.90(0.01,3.14)

Fujian

4

3.38(2.19, 4.83)

4

3.38(2.19, 4.83)

Jiangsu

21

11.41(6.12, 18.07)

13

14.84(8.73,22.23)

7

3.83(0.75,9.13)

Jiangxi

6

5.65(1.52, 12.21)

4

5.15(2.31, 9.07)

1

0.38(0.26,0.52)

Shandong

27

6.34(5.00, 7.80)

17

8.37(5.84, 11.31)

7

1.64(1.26,2.07)

Shanghai

4

2.59(0.38, 6.66)

4

2.59(0.38, 6.66)

Zhejiang

12

2.02(1.06, 3.28)

8

3.08(1.40, 5.42)

4

0.79(0.30,1.51)

North

China

Beijing

9

2.95(1.78, 4.41)

7

3.53(1.84, 5.74)

Hebei

19

26.92(15.20,40.57)

18

29.26(19.63,39.98)

1

0.41(0.39,0.43)

Shanxi

9

14.63(8.73, 21.74)

5

24.17(18.14,30.77)

2

0.41(0.06,2.31)

Tianjin

5

2.35(0.98, 4.33)

2

1.97(0.32, 5.02)

2

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4

9.36(3.00, 18.76)

4

9.36(3.00, 18.76)

South

China

Guangdong

13

1.05(0.65, 1.54)

5

1.41(0.87, 2.07)

8

0.91(0.49,1.47)

Guangxi

8

9.75(6.94, 12.98)

5

17.49(1.71, 44.67)

2

3.31(0.08,10.90)

Central

China

Hubei

11

10.81(5.51, 17.61)

8

13.04(6.41, 21.61)

3

5.54(0.63,14.84)

Hunan

13

8.01(3.22, 14.70)

8

17.11(9.81, 25.95)

3

0.55(0.35, 0.81)

Henan

26

20.63(12.98,29.53)

16

35.04(23.62,47.41)

9

3.83(1.75, 6.66)

Northwest

Shanxi

6

11.25(4.81, 19.91)

4

17.42(3.60, 38.61)

1

1.99(1.95, 2.03)

Ningxia

2

0.69(0.10, 1.78)

1

1.18(1.03, 1.35)

1

0.32(0.29, 0.37)

Qinghai

3

2.60(0.10, 8.34)

2

3.59(0.00, 13.69)

1

1.10(0.511.91)

Gansu

6

2.60(5.44, 17.49)

3

23.32(3.62, 53.16)

2

0.83(0.29, 1.64)

Xinjiang

5

14.52(3.01, 32.54)

4

19.67(3.79, 43.83)

1

1.45(1.31, 1.58)

Southwest

Sichuan

10

11.31(3.19, 23.49)

8

15.60(7.61, 25.77)

2

0.71(0.28, 1.34)

Yunnan

1

0.23(0.17, 0.29)

1

0.23(0.17, 0.29)

Guizhou

9

5.00(1.76, 9.78)

6

6.91(2.88, 12.51)

3

1.71(0.43, 3.81)

Chongqing

5

1.33(0.50, 2.54)

2

2.22(0.19, 6.36)

3

0.97(0.18, 2.37)

Northeast

Liaoning

6

5.84(3.87, 8.18)

5

5.00(3.29, 7.06)

1

11.82(8.29,15.89)

Heilongjiang

4

4.06(2.86, 5.47)

4

4.06(2.86, 5.47)

Jilin

5

5.38(2.26, 9.69)

3

7.19(1.08, 18.03)

2

3.59(0.17, 16.81)

Pooled

268

8.68(8.01,9.39)

189

12.87(11.25,14.56)

69

1.71(1.43, 1.99)