Rates* of reported cases† of acute Hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
* Rates per 100,000 population.
† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis B.
State or jurisdiction listed in order of increasing rate and then alphabetical order.
* Rates per 100,000 population.
† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis B.
State or jurisdiction listed in order of increasing rate and then alphabetical order.
States or jurisdictions are grouped by quintiles of the distribution of the rate of reported acute hepatitis B cases per 100,000 population. The state-specific rates of reported acute hepatitis B varied throughout the country during 2021. The states in the highest rate category of 1.2–3.0 cases per 100,000 population include (in order of increasing rate) Indiana, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Maine, and West Virginia. States with the highest rates of acute hepatitis B were primarily located in the eastern and southern parts of the country, particularly in or near the Appalachian region.
Hepatitis B Figures and Tables
- Figure 2.1. Number of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection and estimated infections — United States, 2014–2021
- Figure 2.2. Rates of reported acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020–2021
- Figure 2.3. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
- Figure 2.4. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by age group — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 2.5. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by sex — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 2.6. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 2.7. Availability of information on risk behaviors or exposures associated with reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection — United States, 2021
- 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, 2021
- Table 2.1. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2017–2021
- Table 2.2. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2017–2021
- Table 2.3. Reported risk behaviors or exposures among reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection — United States, 2021
- Table 2.4. Number of newly reported cases of perinatal hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
- Table 2.5. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
- Table 2.6. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2021
- 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, 2017–2021
- 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, 2017–2021