2007 New York State Acute Hepatitis A Surveillance Summary

Cases Reported January 1, 2007 through December 31, 20071

  • Number of confirmed cases:2 79
  • NYS rate per 100,000 population: 0.72
  • U.S. rate per 100,000 population:3 1.2

Cases by Age

Age (years) N %
≤ 1 0 0
2-5 2 2.5
6-10 4 5.1
11-20 11 13.9
21-30 14 17.7
31-40 6 7.6
41-50 17 21.5
50+ 25 31.7
Mean Age: 39.8 years

Cases by Gender

Gender N %
Male 41 51.9
Female 38 48.1

Cases by Race

Race N %
White 52 65.8
Black 3 3.8
Alaskan Native/American Indian 0 0
Asian/Pacific Islander 6 7.6
Other 7 8.9
Unknown 11 13.9

Cases by Ethnicity

Ethnicity N %
Non-Hispanic 59 74.7
Hispanic 10 12.7
Unknown 10 12.7

Reported Cases by County4

County Number of Reported Cases
Albany 2
Cayuga 1
Chautauqua 2
Clinton 1
Cortland 1
Dutchess 1
Erie 1
Genesee 2
Greene 1
Herkimer 1
Jefferson 4
Madison 2
Monroe 1
Montgomery 1
Nassau 12
Onondaga 3
Ontario 16
Orange 3
Oswego 4
Otsego 1
Rensselaer 1
Rockland 1
Suffolk 1
Tompkins 1
Wayne 13
Westchester 1

Footnotes:

  1. Represents cases reported to the NYSDOH by local health departments during 2007, excluding New York City.
  2. Case Definition Clinical criteria: An acute illness with: 1) a discrete onset of symptoms and 2) jaundice or elevated liver enzymes Laboratory criteria: IgM anti-HAV positive Confirmed case classification: 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, 2006.
  4. Includes only counties that reported at least one case of hepatitis A in 2007.

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) 473-4439 or hepatabc@health.state.ny.us