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Table 2 Foreign-born population and proportion of foreign-born population (from endemic (HBsAg ≥2%) countries), residing in the 31 EU/EEA host countries and the estimated number and range of CHB cases among migrants in these countries as well as the estimated relative contribution to the total number of cases in the EU/EEA host country

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

Country

Population of foreign-born migrants

Foreign-born migrants from endemic countries

Number

from top 50 countries

Number from HBV endemic countries

Proportion from HBV endemic countries

Estimated number of CHB cases

Average CHB prevalence

Estimated relative contribution (and range) of CHB cases among migrants to the total number of CHB cases in the host country

Central estimate

Lower estimate

Upper estimate

Austria

1,298,945

768,773

9.1%

33,456

25,757

41,040

4.4%

72% (43% - >100%a)

Belgium

1,596,848

622,206

5.6%

42,530

32,218

54,309

6.8%

54% (20% - 89%)

Bulgaria

90,990

62,755

0.9%

2436

1860

3039

3.9%

1% (0% - 1%)

Croatia

582,271

523,470

12.2%

18,673

11,966

25,376

3.6%

30% (13% - 46%)

Cyprus

190,568

139,689

16.6%

6770

5141

8445

4.8%

90% (2% - >100%a)

Czech Republic

374,296

234,291

2.2%

12,185

9637

14,752

5.2%

17% (9% - 24%)

Denmark

484,139

224,384

4.0%

12,352

9605

15,152

5.5%

40% (24% - 56%)

Estonia

197,744

184,642

14.0%

5432

3822

7038

2.9%

71% (42% - 100%)

Finland

257,044

141,953

2.6%

8136

6206

10,067

5.7%

75% (16% - >100%a)

France

6,775,948

3,591,002

5.5%

212,538

131,238

380,923

5.9%

48% (13% - 84%)

Germany

10,426,860

5,398,700

6.7%

234,792

180,867

288,066

4.3%

49% (29% - 68%)

Greece

713,471

615,986

5.6%

43,163

36,636

49,346

7.0%

17% (11% - 23%)

Hungary

411,403

302,781

3.1%

15,286

13,649

16,940

5.0%

14% (1% - 28%)

Iceland

32,910

7857

2.4%

421

349

494

5.4%

24% (15% - 33%)

Ireland

687,462

205,071

4.5%

13,196

10,935

15,574

6.4%

>100% (<0% - >100%a)

Italy

5,319,754

3,443,409

5.8%

213,063

174,632

251,539

6.2%

19% (12% - 26%)

Latvia

278,243

267,617

13.2%

7866

5269

10,454

2.9%

28% (17% - 39%)

Liechtenstein

22,806

2140

5.8%

97

74

119

4.5%

48% (28% - 67%)

Lithuania

139,712

121,992

4.1%

3765

2469

5057

3.1%

6% (3% - 9%)

Luxembourg

189,858

28,085

5.5%

1450

913

2019

5.2%

52% (26% - 78%)

Malta

33,301

9629

2.3%

637

429

860

6.6%

28% (15% - 41%)

Netherlands

1,772,756

1,052,695

6.3%

56,650

40,335

73,016

5.4%

>100% (<0% - >100%a)

Norway

597,316

277,047

5.5%

17,021

12,125

21,979

6.1%

61% (34% - 88%)

Poland

659,657

438,446

1.1%

11,679

7018

16,342

2.7%

2% (1% - 3%)

Portugal

854,830

475,155

4.5%

42,688

29,595

55,795

9.0%

30% (12% - 48%)

Romania

166,973

103,740

0.5%

7531

5453

9581

7.3%

1% (0% - 1%)

Slovakia

155,346

25,170

0.5%

1073

846

1301

4.3%

3% (2% - 4%)

Slovenia

231,276

160,220

7.8%

5713

3756

7663

3.6%

8% (5% - 12%)

Spain

5,930,170

1,909,343

4.1%

118,316

92,282

148,318

6.2%

38% (18% - 59%)

Sweden

1,304,130

596,303

6.2%

33,850

23,728

44,011

5.7%

>100% (34% - >100%a)

United Kingdom

6,845,805

3,976,870

6.3%

244,409

195,342

294,417

6.1%

72% (47% - 96%)

EU/EEA

48,622,832

25.911.421

5.1%

1,427,174

1,074,152

1,873,032

5.5%

25% (15% - 35%)

  1. aThe Delta method does not give a reliable confidence interval around the relative contribution as the relative contribution is close to 100% and the distribution of cases in the general population is extremely skewed