Rates* of reported cases† of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by sex — United States, 2005-2020
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Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
* Rates per 100,000 population.
† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis B.
The rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B are consistently higher among males than among females during 2005–2020. During 2011–2019, rates have remained relatively stable, ranging from 1.1 to 1.3 cases per 100,000 among males and from 0.6 to 0.8 cases per 100,000 among females. Compared to 2019, in 2020 rates declined by 38% among males to 0.8 cases per 100,000 population among, and by 29% among females to 0.5 cases per 100,000 population.
Hepatitis B Figures and Tables
- Figure 2.1. Number of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection and estimated infections — United States, 2013-2020
- Figure 2.2. Rates of reported acute hepatitis B virus infection†, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2019-2020
- Figure 2.3. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
- Figure 2.4. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by age group — United States, 2005-2020
- Figure 2.5. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by sex — United States, 2005-2020
- Figure 2.6. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2005-2020
- Figure 2.7. Availability of information on risk behaviors or exposures associated with reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection — United States, 2020
- Figure 2.8. Rates of deaths with hepatitis B virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
- Table 2.1. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2016-2020
- Table 2.2. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States 2016-2020
- Table 2.3. Reported risk behaviors or exposures among reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection — United States, 2020
- Table 2.4. Number of newly reported cases of perinatal hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
- Table 2.5. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
- Table 2.6. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2020
- Table 2.7. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis B virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2016-2020
- Table 2.8. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis B virus infections listed as a cause of death among residents, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2016-2020