Table 2.6 – Chronic Hepatitis B: Case Rates by Demographics

Key points

During 2023, rates of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B were highest among persons aged 30–39, 40–49, and 50–59 years, males, non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander persons and non-Hispanic Black persons, and persons living in urban areas.
ob体育 2023 Hepatitis B Surveillance Report

Number and rate* of newly reported cases† of chronic hepatitis B, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2023

The numbers and rates of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B, by demographic characteristics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, urbanicity, and US Department of Health and Human Services region) during 2023. The first column lists the demographic characteristics. The second column provides the number of newly reported chronic hepatitis B cases, and the third column provides the rate of cases per 100,000 population for each demographic category during 2023.
Characteristic No. Rate*
Total§ 17,650 6.1
Age (years)
0–19 248 0.4
20–29 1,774 4.7
30–39 3,965 10
40–49 4,071 11.4
50–59 3,418 9.5
≥60 4,170 5.9
Sex
Male 10,140 7.1
Female 7,487 5.1
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic 48 2.1
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 3,494 18.9
Black, non-Hispanic 3,430 9.5
White, non-Hispanic 3,279 1.9
Hispanic 1,054 2
Other 1,094 n/a
Urbanicity
Urban 16,389 6.5
Rural 1,217 3.2
HHS region**
Region 1: Boston 997 8.6
Region 2: New York 2,767 9.6
Region 3: Philadelphia 2,264 7.2
Region 4: Atlanta 5,357 8.6
Region 5: Chicago 1,981 3.7
Region 6: Dallas 715 6.7
Region 7: Kansas City 605 4.2
Region 8: Denver 349 2.7
Region 9: San Francisco 1,952 3.9
Region 10: Seattle 663 4.5
Table 2.6 Data
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Source: ob体育, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

* Rates per 100,000 population.

† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see .

§ Numbers reported in each category may not add up to the total number of reported cases in a year due to cases with missing data.

¶ Urban-rural region was categorized according to the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) urban-rural classification scheme for counties and county-equivalent entities. Large central metro, large fringe metro, medium metro, and small metro counties were grouped as urban. Micropolitan and noncore counties were grouped as rural.

** US Department of Health and Human Services regions were categorized according to the grouping of states and US territories assigned under each of the 10 . For the purposes of this report, regions with US territories (Region 2 and Region 9) contain data from states only.

n/a: Not applicable. Rate cannot be calculated due to lack of corresponding denominator.

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