Table 1 Prevalence of diagnosed chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Sweden, by the end of 2015 and 2018, by sex
2015 | 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of HBV infections | General population | Prevalence* (%) [95% CI] | Number of HBV infections | General population | Prevalence* (%) [95% CI] | |
Sex | ||||||
Women | 8489 | 4,920,051 | 0.17 [0.17–0.18] | 9341 | 5,087,747 | 0.18 [0.18–0.19] |
Men | 10,803 | 4,930,966 | 0.22 [0.215–0.223] | 11,790 | 5,142,438 | 0.23 [0.225–0.234] |
Unknown | 26 | 29 | ||||
Total | 19,318 | 9,851,017 | 0.20 [0.19–0.20] | 21,160 | 10,230,185 | 0.21[0.20–0.21] |