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Table 1 Chronic hepatitis B prevalence in the general population of 31 EU/EEA countries and the estimated number of infected cases

From: Estimating the scale of chronic hepatitis B virus infection among migrants in EU/EEA countries

Country

Total Population

HBsAg prevalence

Estimated no. of CHB cases

%

Low 95% CI

High

95% CI

Central estimate

Lower estimate

Upper estimate

Austria

8,451,149

0.55

0.34

0.71

46,481

28,734

60,003

Belgium

11,161,642

0.7

0.4

1.2

78,131

44,647

133,940

Bulgaria

7,284,552

4.25

2.80

5.70

309,593

203,967

415,219

Croatia

4284,889a

1.47

0.84

2.10

62,988

35,993

89,983

Cyprus

840,407a

0.9

0.3

2

7564

2521

16,808

Czech Republic

10,516,125

0.70

0.43

0.98

73,613

45,219

103,058

Denmark

5,602,628

0.55

0.34

0.71

30,814

19,049

39,779

Estonia

1,320,174

0.58

0.42

0.74

7657

5545

9769

Finland

5,426,674

0.2

0.1

0.4

10,853

5427

21,707

France

64,932,339a

0.68

0.44

1.05

441,540

285,702

681,790

Germany

80,219,695a

0.6

0.4

0.8

481,318

320,879

641,758

Greece

11,090,000b

2.33

1.54

3.11

258,397

170,786

344,899

Hungary

9,908,798

1.08

0.04

2.11

107,015

3964

209,076

Iceland

321,857

0.55

0.34

0.71

1770

1094

2285

Ireland

4591,087

0.1

0

0.3

4591

0

13,773

Italy

59,685,227

1.89

1.26

2.52

1,128,051

752,034

1,504,068

Latvia

2,023,825

1.39

1.10

1.67

28,131

22,262

33,798

Liechtenstein

36,838

0.55

0.34

0.71

203

125

262

Lithuania

2,971,905 d

2.03

1.37

2.69

60,330

40,715

79,944

Luxembourg

506,953c

0.55

0.34

0.71

2788

1724

3599

Malta

417,432

0.55

0.34

0.71

2296

1419

2964

Netherlands

16,779,575

0.1

0

0.2

16,780

0

33,559

Norway

5,049,223

0.55

0.34

0.71

27,771

17,167

35,849

Poland

38,533,299

1.44

1.16

1.72

554,880

446,986

662,773

Portugal

10,562,178a

1.35

0.66

2.04

142,589

69,710

215,468

Romania

20,020,074

5.49

5.24

5.73

1,099,102

1,049,052

1,147,150

Slovakia

5,410,836

0.70

0.43

0.98

37,876

23,267

53,026

Slovenia

2,058,821

3.29

2.33

4.24

67,735

47,971

87,294

Spain

46,727,890

0.66

0.34

0.97

308,404

158,875

453,261

Sweden

9,555,893

0.2

0.1

0.4

19,112

9556

38,224

United Kingdom

63,182,180a

0.54

0.30

0.60

341,184

189,547

379,093

EU/EEAe

509,474,165

1.12

0.79e

1.47e

5,705,260

4,003,937

7,514,179

  1. *Source is EUROSTAT 2013 unless indicated by the following symbol:
  2. aESS 2011 Census
  3. bOECD 2012
  4. cOECDC 2010
  5. dhttp:///www.euras.lt (Lithuanian National Statistics Agency
  6. eFor the 31 EU/EEA countries the cumulative HBsAg prevalence and the upper and lower CI were estimated from the sum of the estimated number of CHB cases (central, lower and upper estimate), hence these should be considered as upper and lower prevalence ranges and not CI