Table 2.6 – Chronic Hepatitis B: Case Rates by Demographics

Key points

During 2023, rates of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B were highest among persons aged 30–39, 40–49, and 50–59 years, males, non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander persons and non-Hispanic Black persons, and persons living in urban areas.
CDC 2023 Hepatitis B Surveillance Report

Number and rate* of newly reported cases† of chronic hepatitis B, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2023

The numbers and rates of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B, by demographic characteristics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, urbanicity, and US Department of Health and Human Services region) during 2023. The first column lists the demographic characteristics. The second column provides the number of newly reported chronic hepatitis B cases, and the third column provides the rate of cases per 100,000 population for each demographic category during 2023.
Characteristic No. Rate*
Total§ 17,650 6.1
Age (years)
0–19 248 0.4
20–29 1,774 4.7
30–39 3,965 10
40–49 4,071 11.4
50–59 3,418 9.5
≥60 4,170 5.9
Sex
Male 10,140 7.1
Female 7,487 5.1
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic 48 2.1
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 3,494 18.9
Black, non-Hispanic 3,430 9.5
White, non-Hispanic 3,279 1.9
Hispanic 1,054 2
Other 1,094 n/a
Urbanicity
Urban 16,389 6.5
Rural 1,217 3.2
HHS region**
Region 1: Boston 997 8.6
Region 2: New York 2,767 9.6
Region 3: Philadelphia 2,264 7.2
Region 4: Atlanta 5,357 8.6
Region 5: Chicago 1,981 3.7
Region 6: Dallas 715 6.7
Region 7: Kansas City 605 4.2
Region 8: Denver 349 2.7
Region 9: San Francisco 1,952 3.9
Region 10: Seattle 663 4.5
Table 2.6 Data
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Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

* Rates per 100,000 population.

† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Chronic Hepatitis B.

§ Numbers reported in each category may not add up to the total number of reported cases in a year due to cases with missing data.

¶ Urban-rural region was categorized according to the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) urban-rural classification scheme for counties and county-equivalent entities. Large central metro, large fringe metro, medium metro, and small metro counties were grouped as urban. Micropolitan and noncore counties were grouped as rural.

** US Department of Health and Human Services regions were categorized according to the grouping of states and US territories assigned under each of the 10 Health and Human Services regional offices. For the purposes of this report, regions with US territories (Region 2 and Region 9) contain data from states only.

n/a: Not applicable. Rate cannot be calculated due to lack of corresponding denominator.

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