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Table 3 Prevalence of diagnosed chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in Sweden by the end of 2015 and 2018, by sex

From: Monitoring the progress towards the elimination of hepatitis B and C in Sweden: estimation of core indicators for 2015 and 2018

Variable

2015

2018

Number of HCV notifications

General population

Prevalence*(%) [95%CI]

Number of HCV notification

General population

Prevalence* (%) [95%CI]

Sex

      

 Women

8549

4,920,051

0.17 [0.17–0.18]

6812

5,087,747

0.13 [0.13–0.14]

 Men

15,421

4,930,966

0.31 [0.31–0.32]

11,939

5,142,438

0.23 [0.23–0.24]

 Unknown

5

  

2

  

Total

23,975

9,851,017

0.24 [0.24–0.25]

18,753

10,230,185

0.18 [0.18–0.19]

  1. *Among those with a permanent personal identification number. CI confidence interval