Trends in disease burden of hepatitis B infection in Jiangsu Province, China, 1990-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has decreased year by year in China after the expansion of vaccination, but there is still a high disease burden in Jiangsu Province of China.

Methods

The year-by-year incidence data of HBV in Jiangsu Province from 1990 to 2021 were collected. The incidence rates of males and females age groups were clustered by systematic clustering, and the incidence rates of each age group were analyzed and studied by using Joinpoint regression model and age-period-cohort effect model (APC).

Results

Joinpoint regression model and APC model showed a general decrease in HBV prevalence in both males and females. In addition, the results of the APC model showed that the age, period, and cohort effects of patients all affected the inci

SUBMITTER: Fang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10371820 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature