Table 4
Seroprevalence of hepatitis C infection, by sex and selected characteristics, household population aged 14 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 4
Seroprevalence of hepatitis C 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 hepatitis c infection. The information is grouped by characteristic (appearing as row headers), total, males, females, %, 95% confidence interval and number '000, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Total Males Females
% 95% confidence interval Number '000 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval Number '000 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval Number '000 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to from to from to
Total 0.5E 0.3 0.9 138.6E 55.8 221.3 0.4E 0.2 0.7 48.5E 19.7 77.3 < 1.4Note ‡ ... ... < 157.4Note ‡ ... ...
Age group  
14 to 49Note † 0.4E 0.2 0.7 60.4E 21.6 99.2 F ... ... F ... ... < 1.2Note ‡ ... ... < 83.2Note ‡ ... ...
50 to 79 0.8Note * E 0.4 1.5 78.1E 24.4 131.8 0.8E 0.4 1.5 < 61.2Note ‡ ... ... < 2.1Note ‡ ... ... < 83.6Note ‡ ... ...
Household income  
HigherNote † 0.4E 0.2 0.7 70.0E 24.4 115.6 < 0.6Note ‡ ... ... < 42.5Note ‡ ... ... < 1.2Note ‡ ... ... < 83.6Note ‡ ... ...
Lower 1.2Note * E 0.7 2.2 51.1E 20.0 82.2 1.3E 0.7 2.5 24.4E 7.3 41.4 < 2.6Note ‡ ... ... < 51.0Note ‡ ... ...
Missing F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ...
Education  
Less than postsecondary graduation < 1.9Note ‡ ... ... < 136.4Note ‡ ... ... < 1.4Note ‡ ... ... 28.7E 7.8 49.7 < 2.8Note ‡ ... ... < 96.9Note ‡ ... ...
Postsecondary graduationNote † < 0.8Note ‡ ... ... < 111.8Note ‡ ... ... < 0.5Note ‡ ... ... < 37.6Note ‡ ... ... < 1.4Note ‡ ... ... < 86.6Note ‡ ... ...
Race  
WhiteNote † 0.5E 0.3 0.8 104.5E 51.8 157.3 0.4E 0.2 0.7 38.5E 14.6 62.5 0.6E 0.3 1.2 66.0E 25.1 107.0
Non-White F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ...
Immigrant status  
Canadian-bornNote † 0.5E 0.3 1.0 102.2E 35.5 168.9 0.3E 0.2 0.7 33.6E 10.1 57.1 < 1.5Note ‡ ... ... < 121.2Note ‡ ... ...
Foreign-born F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ... F ... ...
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
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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