New York State Hepatitis Surveillance Summary - 2005

Hepatitis A

Cases Reported January 1, 2005 through December 31, 20051

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Number of confirmed cases2 - 112

NYS Rate per 100,000 population - 1.01

U.S. Rate per 100,000 population3 - 2.66

Cases by Age
Age (years)   N       %
Mean Age: 39.5 years
≤ 1 0 0.0
2-5 5 4.5
6-10 5 4.5
11-20 17 15.2
21-30 18 16.1
31-40 12 10.7
41-50 13 11.6
50+ 42 37.5

Cases by Gender
Gender   N       %
Male 50 44.6
Female 62 55.4

Cases by Race
Race   N       %
White 91 81.3
Black 1 0.9
Alaskan Native/Amer Ind 0 0.0
Asian/Pac Islander 7 6.3
Other 4 3.6
Unknown 9 8.0

Cases by Ethnicity
Ethnicity   N       %
Non-hispanic 78 69.6
Hispanic 22 19.6
Unknown 12 10.7

Reported Cases by County4
County Case Count
Albany4
Chemung2
Dutchess4
Erie5
Essex2
Franklin1
Livingston1
Madison1
County Case Count
Monroe7
Nassau23
Oneida2
Onondaga4
Ontario1
Orange3
Oswego2
Otsego1
County Case Count
Putnam2
Rensselaer1
Rockland1
Saratoga4
Schenectady2
Steuben2
Suffolk11
Tompkins2
County Case Count
Ulster6
Washington3
Westchester15

Footnotes:

1 Represents cases reported to the NYSDOH by local health departments during 2005, excluding NYC.

2 Case Definition: 1) A discrete onset of symptoms and jaundice or elevated liver enzymes; and, 2) IgM anti-HAV positive test result. Confirmed: A case that meets the clinical and laboratory criteria, or a case that meets the clinical criteria and occurs in a person who has an epidemiologic link with a person who has laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A (i.e., household or sexual contact with an infected person during the 15-50 days prior to onset of symptoms).

3 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, 2003.

4 Includes only counties that reported at least one case of hepatitis A virus in 2005.

Note: Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding

For more information, or if you have questions about this summary report, please contact the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control @ (518) 486-2938 or email hepatabc@health.state.ny.us.