Table 1
Seroprevalence and estimated number with present hepatitis B infection, by selected characteristics, household population aged 14 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 1
Seroprevalence and estimated number with present hepatitis B infection, by selected characteristics, household population aged 14 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of seroprevalence and estimated number with present hepatitis b infection. The information is grouped by characteristic (appearing as row headers), present infection hbsag (+), %, 95% confidence interval and number '000, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic	Present infection HBsAg (+)
	%	95% confidence interval		Number '000	95% confidence interval
	%	from	to	Number '000	from	to
Total	0.4^E	0.2	0.8	111.8^E	42.8	180.8
Sex
Female	< 0.8^Note †	...	...	< 87.1^Note †	...	...
Male	< 1.0^Note †	...	...	< 116.2^Note †	...	...
Age group
14 to 49	0.4^E	0.2	0.7	60.2^E	18.2	102.1
50 to 79	< 1.3^Note †	...	...	< 98.9^Note †	...	...
Household income
Higher	< 0.5^Note †	...	...	< 73.4^Note †	...	...
Lower	< 2.4^Note †	...	...	< 88.4^Note †	...	...
Missing	F	...	...	F	...	...
Education
Less than postsecondary graduation	< 0.9^Note †	...	...	< 59.7^Note †	...	...
Postsecondary graduation	< 0.9^Note †	...	...	< 133.3^Note †	...	...
Race
White	F	...	...	F	...	...
Non-White	1.8^E	0.9	3.4	92.8^E	28.2	157.4
Immigrant status
Canadian-born	F	...	...	F	...	...
Foreign-born	1.6^E	0.9	2.9	101.6^E	33.9	169.4
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 F too unreliable to be published ... not applicable Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.

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