Figure 1.6. Rates of reported hepatitis A virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2004–2019

Figure 1.6. Rates of reported hepatitis A virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2004–2019

Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

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During 2019, rates of hepatitis A ranged from a low of 0.7 cases per 100,000 population among Asian/Pacific Islander persons to a high of 6.8 cases per 100,000 population among non-Hispanic White persons. Rates increased among all racial/ethnicity categories during 2018–2019. The largest increase occurred among American Indian/Alaska Native persons, among whom the 2019 rate was >4 times the rate during 2018. However, the relatively smaller number of cases reported among American Indian/Alaska Native persons can result in wider fluctuations in annual rates. Compared with the preoutbreak period of 2015, the rates for reported hepatitis A increased most dramatically among non-Hispanic White persons, with a rate in 2019 that was >22 times the corresponding rate during 2015.