Hepatitis Prevalance 1998
Vanderburgh County,
Indiana State, and National Occurance



 

Vanderburgh County
INDIANA
%
United States
%%
Healthy People 2000
National Rates
as of 1995
Hep a 3 327 .92 134,000 
.24 
16.1/100,000
33/100,000
Hep b 6  89 6.7
300,000 
.03 
40/100,000
22.9/100,000
Hep c 0 10 0.0
28,000
.04
13.7/100,000
3.7/100,000
%=The percentage of state occurrence that Vanderburgh County represents.
%%=The percentage of national occurrence that Indiana State represents.

*A Healthy People 2000 goal is to increase to at least 90% the proportion of public health departments that provide adult immunization for Hepatitis B. Currently the Vanderburgh County Health Department does not offer the Hepatitis B series for adults, only children up to age 19.

Sources: Healthy Communities 2000, Indiana State Department of Health, Vanderburgh County
Department of Health, Hippocrates, 1997, Hepatitis Information Network.

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