Hepatitis and Hispanic Americans

Among all ethnic groups in 2010, Hispanics had the second highest rate of Hepatitis A.
Hispanics are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Hepatitis A than non-Hispanic Whites.
Hispanics are twice as likely to die from viral hepatitis, as compared to Whites.
Hispanic adults 40 years and over are 30% more likely to develop Hepatitis B.

VIRAL HEPATITIS

Death Rates:

**Death Rates for Viral Hepatitis, 2009 (all types)**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanics / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	4.6	2.8	1.6
Female	2.5	1.2	2.1
Total	3.5	2.0	1.8

Source: CDC, 2012. Deaths: Final Data for 2009. National vital statistics reports; vol. 60, no. 03. 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**
Hispanics	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Hispanics / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
1.0	0.6	4.3	1.7

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**
Hispanic	White	Hispanic / White Ratio
0.72	0.36	2.0

Source: CDC, 2012. Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States , 2010. MMWR 2012; v. 59, no. 53. Table 6 and 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**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
1.4	1.9	1.8	0.7

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**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
4.0	5.4	5.2	0.7

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**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
5.5	4.2	3.7	1.3

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**
Hispanic	White	Hispanic / White Ratio
0.64	0.73	0.9

Source: CDC, 2012. Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States , 2010. MMWR 2012; v. 59, no. 53. Table 6.
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**
Hispanic	White	Missing/Unknown Cases	Hispanic/ White Ratio
1.8%	4.3%	49.8%	0.4

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 aged 19-49 years, high risk groups, who ever received 3 or more doses of the hepatitis B vaccination, 2010**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
33.8%	44.5%	0.8

Source: CDC 2012. National Health Interview (NHIS) - Adult Vacination 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**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Hispanic/ 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**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Healthy People 2010 Goal	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
91.5%	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

HEPATITIS C - ACUTE

**Hepatitis C, Acute (Cases per 100,000 population), 2010**
Hispanic	White	Hispanic / White Ratio
0.14	0.27	0.5

Source: CDC, 2011. Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States , 2010. MMWR 2012; v. 59, no. 53. Table 6.
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**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Missing/Unknown Cases	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
7.2%	24.5%	50.9%	0.3

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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