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Seroprevalence rates of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) among pregnant women

Seroprevalence rates of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) among pregnant women

The information is intended to provide an indication of chronic hepatitis B carriage, based on testing results in antenatal serum specimens received during the designated year.

Year Age group (years)
<20 20-24 25-29 30-34 >34
No.
tested
% No.
tested
% No.
tested
% No.
tested
% No.
tested
%
2001 659 7.3 3516 9.5 8330 10.1 6936 8.3 3915 9
2002 484 5 2829 9.7 9120 9.7 6351 8.5 3414 8.1
2003 548 4.9 2880 9.9 7614 9.4 6789 8.3 3602 8.2
2004 510 6.1 2854 8.4 7161 8.9 7732 8.6 3856 8.1
2005 445 3.4 2753 8.9 6063 9.5 7869 8.6 4114 7.4
2006 516 4.8 2590 8 6271 8.7 8637 8.6 4514 8.4
2007 520 4 2929 8.4 7301 9.3 10232 8.7 5551 7.5
2008 533 3.2 2968 8 7652 8.6 10354 8.8 5838 8
2009 434 3.2 2830 8.7 7444 9.3 10156 7.9 6071 7.7
2010 446 2.2 2903 8 7817 8.5 10211 7.9 6385 7.6
2011 447 2.5 2898 6.5 9010 8.1 12273 7.3 7552 7.5
2012 463 2.6 2467 4.4 8161 7.5 12664 7.2 7437 7.1
2013 423 5 2237 4.1 7526 6.8 12466 6.7 7168 7.3
2014 366 0.8 2252 2.8 7901 6.3 13488 6.4 7692 6.9
2015 409 1 2439 2.6 8589 4.7 14434 6.2 8656 6.8
2016 328 2.1 2123 2 7580 4.1 13018 5.7 7923 6.6
2017 274 0.7 1897 2.2 6624 3.5 11476 5.5 7611 6.3
2018 233 1.3 1698 1.2 6376 2.9 11647 4.6 8026 6.3
2019 193 0.5 1474 1.6 5948 2.4 11333 3.7 7743 6.2
2020 162 1.9 1031 1.1 4394 2.0 9291 3.5 6301 4.7
2021 116 0.9 811 0.6 3960 1.3 8586 2.5 6228 4.2
2022 102 1.5 644 0.9 3266 1.6 7468 1.8 5357 4.2
2023 69 1.5 636 1.3 3314 1.2 8004 2.0 5937 3.9
2024 81 0.0 594 0.7 3134 1.3 7631 1.7 6035 3.8
2025 51 0.0 456 0.4 2225 1.0 5981 1.4 5199 3.1