Extent and characteristics of diagnosed hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among women delivering live births in Scotland during April–September 2000
| Health board area | Age (y) | Unlinked data from anonymous HCV testing survey | Linked data from Scotland’s databases of births and diagnosed HCV infections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No tested | Estimated anti-HCV positive* | Estimated HCV diagnosed before pregnancy | Estimated HCV diagnosed during pregnancy | Estimated HCV diagnosed overall (ie, before birth) | ||
| n1 | n2 (% of n1) | n3 (% of n2) | n4 (% of n2-n3) | n5 (% of n2) | ||
| *Repeat reactive on enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. | ||||||
| Greater Glasgow | ||||||
| <20 | 322 | 0 (0.00%) | – | – | – | |
| 20–24 | 781 | 6 (0.77%) | 1 (16.7%) | 5 (100.0%) | 6 (100.0%) | |
| 25–29 | 995 | 18 (1.81%) | 3 (16.7%) | 3 (20.0%) | 6 (33.3%) | |
| 30–34 | 1347 | 21 (1.56%) | 4 (19.0%) | 3 (17.6%) | 7 (33.3%) | |
| ⩾35 | 833 | 3 (0.36%) | 1 (33.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (33.3%) | |
| Total (including unknowns) | 4364 | 48 (1.10%) | 9 (18.8%) | 11 (28.2%) | 20 (41.7%) | |
| Grampian | ||||||
| <20 | 143 | 2 (1.40%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | |
| 20–24 | 378 | 7 (1.85%) | 2 (28.6%) | 3 (60.0%) | 5 (71.4%) | |
| 25–29 | 716 | 3 (0.42%) | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (100.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | |
| 30–34 | 823 | 4 (0.49%) | 1 (25.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (25.0%) | |
| ⩾35 | 445 | 0 (0.00%) | – | – | – | |
| Total (including unknowns) | 2524 | 16 (0.63%) | 5 (31.3%) | 5 (45.5%) | 10 (62.5%) | |
| Rest of Scotland | ||||||
| <20 | 1266 | 1 (0.08%) | 1 (100.0%) | – | 1 (100.0%) | |
| 20–24 | 3016 | 9 (0.30%) | 3 (33.3%) | 4 (66.7%) | 7 (77.8%) | |
| 25–29 | 4879 | 21 (0.43%) | 4 (19.0%) | 4 (23.5%) | 8 (38.1%) | |
| 30–34 | 5758 | 8 (0.14%) | 5 (62.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (62.5%) | |
| ⩾35 | 3371 | 7 (0.21%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Total (including unknowns) | 18 741 | 48 (0.26%) | 13 (27.1%) | 8 (22.9%) | 21 (43.8%) | |
| All Scotland | ||||||
| <20 | 1731 | 3 (0.17%) | 1 (33.3%) | 1 (50.0%) | 2 (66.7%) | |
| 20–24 | 4178 | 22 (0.53%) | 6 (27.3%) | 12 (75.0%) | 18 (81.8%) | |
| 25–29 | 6591 | 42 (0.64%) | 9 (21.4%) | 8 (24.2%) | 17 (40.5%) | |
| 30–34 | 7933 | 33 (0.42%) | 10 (30.3%) | 3 (13.0%) | 13 (39.4%) | |
| ⩾35 | 4652 | 10 (0.22%) | 1 (10.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (10.0%) | |
| Total (including unknowns) | 25 641 | 112 (0.44%) | 27 (24.1%) | 24 (28.2%) | 51 (45.5%) | |