From: Seroepidemiology of chronic hepatitis B and C in the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe
Characteristic | N = 2200 (%) |
---|---|
Age (median) years | 43 [18–87] |
Sexe | |
Male | 886 (40.3) |
Female | 1314 (59.7) |
Occupation | |
Unemployed | 1247 (56.7) |
Working class | 508 (23.1) |
Farmers | 103 (4.7) |
Middle/senior management | 125 (5.7) |
Retired | 217 (9.9) |
Risk factors | |
Past surgery | 619 (28.1) |
Endoscopy | 584 (27.5) |
Using drugs | 13 (0.6) |
Intravenously | 1 (0.0) |
Nasal way | 12 (0.6) |
Tatoo | 216 (10.0) |
Piercing | 95 (4.4) |
Shaving hair or beard | 352 (16.3) |
Unknown | 321 (14.6) |