14-3.
Reduce hepatitis B.
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14-3. | |
Reduce hepatitis B. |
Target and baseline:
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Objective |
Reduction in Hepatitis B |
1997 |
2010 |
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Adults |
Rate per 100,000 Population |
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|
14-3a. |
19 to 24 years |
24.0 |
2.4 |
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14-3b. |
25 to 39 years |
20.2 |
5.1 |
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14-3c. |
40 years and older |
15.0 |
3.8 |
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High-risk groups |
Number of Cases |
|
|
14-3d. |
Injection drug users |
7,232 |
1,808 |
|
14-3e. |
Heterosexually active persons |
15,225 |
1,240 |
|
14-3f. |
Men who have sex with men |
7,232 |
1,808 |
|
14-3g. |
Occupationally exposed workers |
249 |
62 |
Target setting method: Better than the best for 14-3a, 14-3b, and 14-3c; 75 percent improvement for 14-3d, 14-3f, and 14-3g; 92 percent improvement for 14-3e.
Data sources: National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS), CDC, EPO; Sentinel Counties Study of Viral Hepatitis, CDC, NCID.
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Select Age Groups, 1997 |
Hepatitis B Cases |
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14-3a. |
14-3b. |
14-3c. |
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Rate per 100,000 |
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TOTAL |
24.0 |
20.2 |
15.0 |
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Race and ethnicity |
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American Indian or Alaska Native |
16.0 |
20.1 |
10.9 |
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Asian or Pacific Islander |
42.2 |
30.4 |
33.2 |
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Asian |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
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Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
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Black or African American |
48.3 |
32.5 |
27.6 |
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White |
10.4 |
10.2 |
7.4 |
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Hispanic or Latino |
16.9 |
16.0 |
18.1 |
|
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
25.2 |
20.7 |
14.8 |
|
|
Black or African American |
50.6 |
34.1 |
28.4 |
|
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White |
10.3 |
10.2 |
7.1 |
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Gender |
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Female |
24.1 |
15.4 |
9.4 |
|
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Male |
22.5 |
24.1 |
20.8 |
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Family income level |
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Poor |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
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Near poor |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
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Middle/high income |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
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DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.