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Table 2 Capture recapture estimates of patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C and alive end 2007

From: Hepatitis C prevalence in Denmark -an estimate based on multiple national registers

 

Region

North

Central

South

Zealand

Copenhagen

Total

Population

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

prevalence

Age

<40

250

36%

496

33%

1072

47%

357

34%

1171

32%

3346

37%

0.12%

 

40-49

252

36%

537

36%

736

32%

339

32%

1331

37%

3195

35%

0.40%

 

50+

194

28%

458

31%

496

22%

348

33%

1129

31%

2625

29%

0.13%

Gender

Male

463

67%

1019

68%

1524

66%

633

61%

2354

65%

5993

65%

0.22%

 

Female

233

33%

472

32%

780

34%

411

39%

1277

35%

3173

35%

0.11%

Year of entrance

≤2000

407

58%

776

52%

1417

62%

454

43%

1324

36%

4378

48%

 

in 1. register

>2000

289

42%

715

48%

887

38%

590

57%

2307

64%

4788

52%

 

Total

 

696

100%

1491

100%

2304

100%

1044

100%

3631

100%

9166

100%

 

% of DK estimate

  

8%

 

16%

 

25%

 

11%

 

40%

 

100%

 

Prevalence(%)

  

0.12%

 

0.12%

 

0.19%

 

0.13%

 

0.22%

 

0.17%

 

Total pop. (in 1000)

 

577

 

1,236

 

1,194

 

819

 

1,644

 

5,472