Hepatitis a in Poland in 2001
Sitarska-Gołebiowska, J.; Bielak, A.
Przeglad Epidemiologiczny 57(1): 129-134
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2100 PMID: 12926319 Document Number: 558991
A total of 738 cases of hepatitis A were reported in 2000, which was 3 times higher as compared to 1999. The incidence rate was estimated to be 1.91 per 100,000. The incidence rate in urban areas was 2 times higher than in rural population. The highest incidence rates were reported among persons 10-14 and 20-24 years old. Patients in these age groups constituted 29.4% of the total number of cases. The above data show that, from 1997 epidemiological situation of hepatitis has been approaching low endemicity pattern.