Table 2
Seroprevalence of previous and resolved hepatitis B infection, by sex and selected characteristics, household population aged 14 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 2
Seroprevalence of previous and resolved hepatitis B infection, by sex and selected characteristics, household population aged 14 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of seroprevalence of previous and resolved hepatitis b infection. The information is grouped by characteristic (appearing as row headers), previous infection anti-hbc (+) (excluding cases hbsag(+)), resolved infection anti-hbc (+) and anti-hbs (+), % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Previous infection anti-HBc (+) (excluding cases HBsAg(+)) Resolved infection anti-HBc (+) and anti-HBs (+)
Total Males Females Total Males Females
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to from to from to
Total 4.2E 2.9 6.0 4.5E 3.0 6.7 3.8E 2.6 5.7 3.3E 2.2 4.8 3.4E 2.1 5.6 3.1E 2.1 4.8
Age group  
14 to 49Note † 3.2E 2.1 4.8 2.9E 1.6 5.3 3.5E 2.2 5.4 2.7E 1.7 4.3 2.5E 1.3 5.0 2.9E 1.8 4.7
50 to 79 5.8Note *E 3.9 8.6 7.3Note *E 4.7 11.3 4.5E 2.7 7.4 4.2Note *E 2.7 6.5 5.0Note *E 3.2 8.0 3.5E 2.0 6.2
Household income  
HigherNote † 2.8E 1.7 4.5 3.0E 1.7 5.1 2.6E 1.6 4.2 2.2E 1.3 3.7 2.2E 1.2 3.9 2.2E 1.3 3.7
Lower 9.1Note *E 6.0 13.6 10.0Note *E 6.1 15.9 8.4Note *E 4.9 14.1 7.7Note *E 4.9 11.8 8.4Note *E 4.7 14.4 7.2Note *E 4.0 12.4
Missing 4.7E 2.5 8.6 < 13.8Note ‡ ... ... < 6.8Note ‡ ... ... < 7.1Note ‡ ... ... < 13.9Note ‡ ... ... < 4.4Note ‡ ... ...
Education  
Less than postsecondary graduation 4.8E 3.0 7.6 4.5E 2.8 7.0 5.2E 2.9 9.2 3.9E 2.4 6.3 3.1E 1.8 5.6 4.7E 2.5 8.4
Postsecondary graduationNote † 3.6E 2.4 5.2 3.9E 2.5 6.0 3.2E 2.0 5.0 2.7E 1.8 3.9 3.0E 1.9 4.6 2.4E 1.5 3.7
Race  
WhiteNote † 1.9E 1.3 2.8 2.3E 1.3 3.8 1.5E 0.9 2.6 1.4E 0.9 2.4 1.9E 1.0 3.6 1.0E 0.5 1.8
Non-White 13.1Note * 10.2 16.7 13.0Note *E 9.0 18.3 13.3Note * 10.0 17.4 10.6Note * 8.2 13.5 9.4Note *E 5.9 14.5 11.9Note * 9.1 15.2
Immigrant status  
Canadian-bornNote † 1.4E 0.8 2.2 1.6E 0.8 3.0 1.1E 0.7 2.0 0.9E 0.5 1.7 < 2.7Note ‡ ... ... 0.6E 0.3 1.0
Foreign-born 12.8Note * 9.8 16.6 13.1Note *E 9.2 18.3 12.6Note * 9.6 16.3 10.6Note * 7.9 14.0 9.9E 6.2 15.5 11.3Note * 8.7 14.6
Note †

reference category

Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < .05)

Note ‡

if coefficient of variation of estimate exceeds 33.3%, estimate is indicated as being less than upper limit of 95% confidence interval

E use with caution
... not applicable
Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.
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