Viral hepatitis in correctional facilities in the Northern Territory of Australia 2003–2017

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Table 1 Testing rates for hepatitis B and hepatitis C in correctional facilities of the Northern Territory 2003–2017

Year	Number of distinct adults received	No. of unique^$ hepatitis B tests	Prisoners tested hepatitis B (%)	No. of unique hepatitis C tests	Prisoners tested hepatitis C (%)
2003–4	1690	1208	71.5%	1455	86.1%
2004–5	1918	1256	65.5%	1435	74.8%
2005–6	1867	1147	61.4%	1497	80.2%
2006–7	2047	1106	54.0%	1519	74.2%
2007–8	2092	0	–	1708	81.6%
2008–9	2377	0	–	680	28.6%
2009–10	2526^¶	1133	44.9%	26	1.0%
2010–11	2526^¶	2027	80.2%	2046	81.0%
2011–12	2675	1640	61.3%	1643	61.4%
2012–13	3055	2702	88.4%	2696	88.2%
2013–14	3134	2710	86.5%	2537	81.0%
2014–15	3252	2413	74.2%	2759	79.3%
2015–16	3327	1351	40.6%	1253	37.7%
2016–17	3246	1237	38.1%	929	28.6%

^¶estimate - information was not available for the 2009–2010, and 2010–2011 years so the number of unique individuals entering the correctional system was estimated as the average of the numbers entering in 2007–2008 and the numbers entering in 2011–2012
^$ unique means only a single test per adult was counted per year
Note: Number of distinct adults received specifies the actual throughput of individual prisoners each year taken from publicly available information (i.e. individuals are only counted once even if there is recidivism) [10]

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