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Table 1 Acute hepatitis B in Poland in 2010–2014 in birth cohorts unvaccinated in infancy. Distribution of reported cases and incidence by demographic features and history of recent hospitalization

From: Significant proportion of acute hepatitis B in Poland in 2010–2014 attributed to hospital transmission: combining surveillance and public registries data

  

N

%

Incidence per 100,000

p-valuea

Total

 

440

100

0.33

 

Onset year

2010

123

28.0%

0.45

0.822

 

2011

101

23.0%

0.37

 
 

2012

74

16.8%

0.28

 
 

2013

79

18.0%

0.30

 
 

2014

63

14.3%

0.24

 

Sex

Male

285

64.8%

0.45

0.0011

 

Female

155

35.2%

0.22

 

Birth cohort-groupb

1976–1985

133

30.2%

0.42

< 0.001

 

1961–1975

96

21.8%

0.25

 
 

1946–1960

113

25.7%

0.28

 
 

born before 1946

98

22.3%

0.42

 

Place of residence

Urban total

304

69.1%

0.35

0.0156c

 

Cities< 100,000

129

29.3%

0.28

0.0149d

 

Cities ≥100,000

175

39.8%

0.42

 
 

Rural

136

30.9%

0.26

 

Professional activity (adults)

Employed

191

43.4%

0.26

< 0.001

 

Unemployed

37

8.4%

0.58

 
 

Retirees

117

26.6%

0.37

 
 

Disability pensioners

42

9.5%

0.55

 

Hospitalization history

Not hospitalized

274

62.3%

0.24

< 0.001

(during the incubation period)

Hospitalized

166

37.7%

0.74

 
  1. aΧ2 or Hartley’s f test
  2. bBorn after 1985 were vaccinated in infancy or at age 14
  3. cFor two groups: urban total vs rural
  4. dFor 3 groups: cities< 100,000; cities≥100,000; rural