Figure 5. Incidence rates1 of reported acute HBV infection by year and gender, EHSSS, 2005-20102, 3
Overall, incidence rates per 100,000 inhabitants were 2.8 times higher among males (range 0.79-1.51) than among females (range 0.19-0.53), and gender-specific trends in incidence paralleled the overall trends.
| Year | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1.51 | 0.45 |
| 2006 | 1.14 | 0.53 |
| 2007 | 1.14 | 0.31 |
| 2008 | 1.11 | 0.38 |
| 2009 | 1.24 | 0.24 |
| 2010 | 0.79 | 0.19 |