- Name
- Hepatitis B incidence per 100
- Indicator purpose
- Share of population who have been diagnosed with Hepatitis B
- Abstract
- The number of acute hepatitis B cases that are reported per 100,000 population in a given year by sex, age group, and race or ethnicity.
- Contact organization / person
- Ministry of Health
- Unit of measure
- Percentage (%)
- Other characteristics
- In March 2015, WHO launched its first "Guidelines for the prevention, care and treatment of persons living with chronic hepatitis B infection". The recommendations include:
promote the use of simple, non-invasive diagnostic tests to assess the stage of liver disease and eligibility for treatment;
prioritize treatment for those with the most advanced liver disease and at greatest risk of mortality; and
recommend the preferred use of the nucleos(t)ide analogues with a high barrier to drug resistance (tenofovir and entecavir, and entecavir in children aged 2–11 years) for first- and second-line treatment.
- Classification used
- Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is a major global health problem. It can cause chronic infection and puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hepatitis B is also spread by needlestick injury, tattooing, piercing and exposure to infected blood and body fluids, such as saliva and, menstrual, vaginal, and seminal fluids. Sexual transmission of hepatitis B may occur, particularly in unvaccinated men who have sex with men and heterosexual persons with multiple sex partners or contact with sex workers.
- Disaggregation
- by country.
- Key statistical concepts
- This indicator is calculated using the following formula:
- Recommended uses
- The Ministry of Health should create or effectively scale-up existing interventions, which include early treatment of Hepatitis B cases.
- Other comments
- All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.
- Target 2030
- 3. By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
