Hepatitis and African Americans

Hepatitis B infection has dropped significantly since 1991, but remains an area of concern for the African American population.

In 2009, non-Hispanic Blacks were 1.5 times as likely to die from viral hepatitis, as compared to non-Hispanic Whites.
Among all ethnic groups in 2010, African Americans had the highest rate of Hepatitis B.
African Americans were twice as likely to develop Hepatitis B, in 2010, than the White population.
African Americans between the ages of 19-24 were three times more likely to have Hepatitis B, in 2008.

VIRAL HEPATITIS

Death Rates:

**Death Rates for Viral Hepatitis, 2009 (all types)**
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	4.3	2.8	1.5
Female	1.9	1.2	1.6
Total	3.0	2.0	1.5

Source: CDC, 2012. Deaths: Final Data for 2009. National vital statistics reports; vol. 60, no. 3. Table 17.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf [PDF | 2MB]

HEPATITIS A

**Hepatitis A, Acute (Cases per 100,000 population), 2008**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
0.4	0.6	4.3	0.7

Source: CDC 2012. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-06.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/scripts/data2010

**Hepatitis A, Acute (Cases per 100,000 population), 2010**
Black	White	Black / White Ratio
0.25	0.36	0.7

Source: CDC, 2012. Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States , 2010. MMWR 2012; v. 59, no. 53. Table 5.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5953.pdf [PDF | 3.7MB]

HEPATITIS B - ACUTE

At a glance – Adults (Hepatitis B):

**Acute Hepatitis B in adults, aged 19-24 years, and high risk groups (Cases per 100,000 population), 2008**
African Americans	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
5.7	1.9	1.8	3.0

Source: CDC 2012. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-03a.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/scripts/data2010

**Acute Hepatitis B in adults, aged 25-39 years, and high risk groups (Cases per 100,000 population), 2008**
African Americans	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
10.7	5.4	5.2	2.0

Source: CDC 2012. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-03b.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/scripts/data2010

**Acute Hepatitis B in adults, aged 40 years and older, and high risk groups (Cases per 100,000 population), 2008**
African Americans	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
13.0	4.2	3.7	3.1

Source: CDC 2012. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 14-03c.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/scripts/data2010

**Hepatitis B, Acute (Cases per 100,000 population), 2010**
Black	White	Black / White Ratio
1.66	0.73	2.3

Source: CDC, 2012. Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States , 2010. MMWR 2012; v. 59, no. 53. Table 5.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5953.pdf [PDF | 5MB]

HEPATITIS B - CHRONIC

At a glance - Adults (Chronic Hepatitis B):

**Percent of reported cases of laboratory-confirmed, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, 2010**
Black	White	Missing/Unknown Cases	Black / White Ratio
7.8%	4.3%	49.8%	1.8

Source: CDC 2012. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance - United States, 2010. Table 3.4.
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Statistics/2010Surveillance/index.htm

At a glance - Immunization of Adults (Hepatitis B):

**Percentage of adults ages 19-49 years, high risk groups, who ever received 3 or more doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2010**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
41.6%	44.5%	0.9

Source: CDC 2012. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Adult Vaccination Coverage 2010. Table 2
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/stats-surv/nhis/default.htm

At a glance - Immunization of Adolescents (Hepatitis B):

**Percentage of adolescents aged 13-17 years who ever received 3 or more doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2011**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
91.7%	92.8%	90%	1.0

Source: CDC 2012. National Immunization Survey (NIS) - Teens 13 through 17 years old, 2011.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/stats-surv/nisteen/data/tables_2011.htm#race

At a glance – Immunization of Children (Hepatitis B):

**Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who received the universally recommended vaccination - 3 doses hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine , 2011**
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
92.1%	90.3%	90%	1.0

Source: CDC 2012. National Immunization survey (NIS) - Children 19-35 months old.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/stats-surv/nis/data/tables_2011.htm#race

HEPATITIS C - ACUTE

**Hepatitis C, Acute (Cases per 100,000 population), 2010**
Black	White	Black / White Ratio
0.11	0.27	0.4

Source: CDC, 2012. Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States , 2010. MMWR 2012; v. 59, no. 53. Table 5.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5953.pdf [PDF | 5MB]

HEPATITIS C - CHRONIC

At a glance - Adults (Chronic Hepatitis C):

**Percent of reported cases of laboratory-confirmed, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, 2010**
Black	White	Missing/Unknown Cases	Black / White Ratio
9.4%	24.5%	50.9%	0.4

Source: CDC, 2012. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance - United States, 2010. Table 4.4.
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Statistics/2010Surveillance/index.htm

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