Rural-Urban Residence and Maternal Hepatitis C Infection, U.S.: 2010-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among women delivering live births in the U.S. may be higher in rural areas where county-level estimates may be unreliable. The aim of this study is to model county-level maternal hepatitis C virus infection among deliveries in the U.S.

Methods

In 2020, U.S. natality files (2010-2018) with county-level maternal residence information were used from states that had adopted the 2003 revised U.S. birth certificate, which included a field for hepatitis C virus infection present during pregnancy. Hierarchical Bayesian spatial models with spatiotemporal random effects were applied to produce stable annual county-level estimates of maternal hepatitis C virus infection for years when all states had adopted the revised birth c

SUBMITTER: Ahrens KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8154677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature