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Hepatitis C Notifications

Notifiable Infectious Diseases Reports, WA Department of Health

Number of hepatitis C notifications in Western Australia,
by month and year of receipt of notification, January 2016 to April 2021
Month and year of receipt of notification
Data provided up to the most recent complete time period.

Number and rate of hepatitis C notifications in Western Australia,
by month and year of receipt of notification, January 2016 to April 2021
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Rate *
2016 80 83 110 128 113 109 83 129 98 100 103 103 1239 46.8
2017 102 102 118 90 98 113 93 106 79 108 101 89 1199 44.0
2018 101 92 90 72 83 79 84 86 75 93 88 68 1011 36.6
2019 78 73 102 81 83 85 92 96 59 78 77 87 991 35.2
2020 77 80 90 43 83 69 80 83 72 86 77 84 924 32.1
2021 77 96 147 48^ - - - - - - - - 368
* Rate=annual crude rate per 100,000 population. Rates only provided for those years with complete data.
^Data for current and most recent reporting periods may be incomplete.

Guide to interpreting notifiable infectious disease data for Western Australia

Note
Notification data includes all cases diagnosed in Western Australia (WA residents and non-WA residents).
Data are preliminary and subject to change as updates are received.

Hepatitis C notifications in Western Australia, by 5 year age group and sex,
for the last 12 months: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2020
5 Year Age Groups

Number of Hepatitis C notifications in Western Australia, by 5 year age group and sex,
for the last 12 months: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2020
Sex 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 24-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ Total Sex%
Males 0 0 0 17 84 85 76 73 65 65 41 49 31 24 610 66%
Females 2 0 0 17 33 40 53 29 30 34 27 19 13 17 314 34%
Total 2 0 0 34 117 125 129 102 95 99 68 68 44 41 924 100%
Data excludes persons whose age or sex is unknown.

Note
Notification data includes all cases diagnosed in Western Australia (WA residents and non-WA residents).
Data are preliminary and subject to change as updates are received.

Guide to interpreting notifiable infectious disease data for Western Australia

Source
WA Notifiable Infectious Diseases Database (WANIDD), Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health WA.
Data exported on: 26 April 2021.
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