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Table 1 Estimates of general population HBsAg prevalence, and number of HBsAg positive people in the general population, by country, Europe, 2000-2009

From: Infection with hepatitis B and C virus in Europe: a systematic review of prevalence and cost-effectiveness of screening

Country* (Reference)

Period

Area

Region

Sampling

N

%

(95% CI)**

Remarks

Population size [36]

Number of HBsAg-positive inhabitants

Belgium [91]

2003

regional

Flanders

random

1.834

0,7

(0,5-0,8) &

Oral fluid

10.754.528

75.282

Czech Republic [92]

2001

nationwide

-

random

2.658

0,6

(0,3-1,0) $

Standardized

10.467.542

62.805

Finland [93]

1997-1998

nationwide

-

residual

3.083

0,2

(0,1-0,4) $

 

5.326.314

10.653

Germany [94]

1993-1996

nationwide

-

random

5.305

0,6

(0,4-0,8) &

 

82.050.000

492.300

Germany [95]

1998

nationwide

-

random

6.748

0,6

(0,4-0,8) &

   

Greece [96]

1997-1998

regional

Peloponnesos

random

1.500

2,1

(1,5-3,0) &

 

11.257.285

236.403

Ireland [93]

2003

nationwide

-

residual

2.535

0,1

(0,0-0,3) $

 

4.465.540

4.466

Italy [93]

1996

nationwide

-

residual

3.522

0,6

(0,4-1,0) $

 

60.053.442

840.748

Italy [74]

2002

regional

North

convenience

956

1,0

(0,5-1,9) $

   

Italy [97]

1997

regional

Central

random

250

1,2

(0,3-3,5) $

   

Italy [98]

1997

regional

South

random

488

0,2

(0,0-3,5) $

   

Italy [99]

2002-2003

regional

South

random

1.645

1,8

(0,4-1,2) &

   

Italy [100]

1994-1994

regional

Sardinia

convenience

3.324

4,3

(3,6-5,1) $

   

Italy [101]

1999-2000

regional

Sicily

random

721

0,7

(0,2-1,6) $

   

Netherlands [93]

1995-1996

nationwide

-

random

6.750

0,1

(0,0-0,2) $

 

16.486.587

16.487

Romania [93]

2002

nationwide

-

residual

1.259

5,6

(4,4-7,0) $

 

21.498.616

1.203.922

Slovakia [93]

2002

nationwide

-

random

3.569

0,6

(0,4-0,9) $

 

5.412.254

32.474

Spain [102]

1996

regional

Catalonia

random

2.142

1,2

(0,7-1,7) &

Standardized

45.828.172

458.282

Spain [103]

2002

regional

Catalonia

random

2.620

0,7

(0,4-1,0) &

   

Sweden [104]

1991-1994

regional

Malmö

random

5.533

0,2

(0,1-0,4) $

 

9.256.347

18.513

Turkey [105]

2006-2007

regional

West

random

2.852

2,5

(2,0-3,1) $

 

71.517.100

3.718.889

Turkey [106]

2002-2004

regional

Central

convenience

1.320

6,6

(5,3-8,1) $

   

Turkey [107]

1996

regional

Central

convenience

571

6,7

(4,8-9,1) $

   

Turkey [108]

Not reported

regional

Central

random

1.095

5,5

(4,2-7,0) $

   

Turkey [109]

1997-1999

regional

East

convenience

400

9,0

(6,4-12,2) $

32-year-olds

  

Turkey [110]

2003

regional

East

random

2.888

7,0

(6,1-8,0) $

   
  1. * No estimate of HBsAg general population prevalence was found for Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
  2. ** CI Confidence interval.
  3. & CI provided in the original paper.
  4. $ CI estimated by the exact method.