Surveillance and Epidemiology Section
Community Acquired Infections Division
Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Public Health Agency of Canada
Note: Footnotes contain important information for the interpretation of the data within these tables. Review is strongly encouraged.
Year | Sex | Hepatitis C | |||||||||||||||
Reported Cases by Age Group (yrs) | Rate per 100,000 by Age Group (yrs) | ||||||||||||||||
<15 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-39 | 40-59 | 60+ | Total4 | <15 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-39 | 40-59 | 60+ | Total | ||
1999 | Male | 87 | 111 | 452 | 880 | 3974 | 5912 | 717 | 12173 | 2.9 | 10.4 | 43.3 | 83.4 | 157.5 | 143.8 | 32.3 | 80.9 |
Female | 75 | 187 | 369 | 624 | 1981 | 2520 | 687 | 6472 | 2.6 | 18.5 | 37.0 | 60.5 | 79.7 | 60.8 | 24.6 | 42.2 | |
Total | 162 | 298 | 822 | 1505 | 5970 | 8446 | 1409 | 18818 | 2.7 | 14.4 | 40.3 | 72.1 | 119.2 | 102.3 | 28.1 | 61.9 | |
2000 | Male | 84 | 112 | 439 | 809 | 3421 | 5602 | 678 | 11207 | 2.8 | 10.4 | 41.4 | 76.9 | 137.4 | 132.1 | 29.9 | 73.7 |
Female | 77 | 187 | 384 | 487 | 1741 | 2336 | 696 | 5933 | 2.7 | 18.4 | 38.0 | 47.6 | 71.0 | 54.6 | 24.5 | 38.3 | |
Total | 162 | 299 | 827 | 1300 | 5183 | 7972 | 1382 | 17753 | 2.8 | 14.3 | 40.0 | 62.6 | 104.9 | 93.6 | 27.1 | 57.8 | |
2001 | Male | 66 | 110 | 427 | 730 | 3164 | 5770 | 706 | 11002 | 2.2 | 10.1 | 39.6 | 69.4 | 128.7 | 132.0 | 30.5 | 71.6 |
Female | 41 | 163 | 351 | 474 | 1557 | 2370 | 700 | 5669 | 1.4 | 15.9 | 34.0 | 46.4 | 64.4 | 53.8 | 24.2 | 36.2 | |
Total | 111 | 273 | 783 | 1210 | 4749 | 8194 | 1421 | 16842 | 1.9 | 12.9 | 37.1 | 58.4 | 97.4 | 93.4 | 27.3 | 54.3 | |
2002 | Male | 57 | 82 | 430 | 636 | 2759 | 5800 | 653 | 10448 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 39.1 | 59.8 | 113.7 | 129.0 | 27.5 | 67.2 |
Female | 52 | 167 | 329 | 429 | 1420 | 2451 | 600 | 5459 | 1.8 | 16.2 | 31.3 | 41.5 | 59.5 | 54.1 | 20.3 | 34.5 | |
Total | 109 | 249 | 763 | 1066 | 4182 | 8258 | 1253 | 15956 | 1.9 | 11.7 | 35.5 | 50.8 | 86.9 | 91.5 | 23.5 | 50.9 | |
2003 | Male | 40 | 69 | 396 | 612 | 2337 | 5518 | 582 | 9586 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 35.3 | 56.8 | 98.1 | 119.6 | 23.8 | 61.1 |
Female | 52 | 146 | 368 | 424 | 1280 | 2292 | 575 | 5155 | 1.8 | 14.1 | 34.4 | 40.5 | 54.6 | 49.3 | 19.0 | 32.2 | |
Total | 93 | 215 | 765 | 1039 | 3623 | 7825 | 1159 | 14806 | 1.6 | 10.1 | 34.9 | 48.9 | 76.7 | 84.5 | 21.2 | 46.7 | |
2004 | Male | 48 | 63 | 436 | 663 | 2193 | 5456 | 579 | 9448 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 38.3 | 60.5 | 93.7 | 115.5 | 23.0 | 59.6 |
Female | 36 | 139 | 426 | 468 | 1228 | 2190 | 552 | 5047 | 1.3 | 13.4 | 39.2 | 43.9 | 53.3 | 46.0 | 17.9 | 31.3 | |
Total | 85 | 202 | 866 | 1134 | 3431 | 7666 | 1135 | 14607 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 38.9 | 52.5 | 73.9 | 80.8 | 20.3 | 45.7 | |
2005 | Male | 35 | 71 | 362 | 597 | 1893 | 4958 | 570 | 8500 | 1.2 | 6.4 | 31.5 | 53.6 | 81.8 | 102.8 | 22.1 | 53.1 |
Female | 37 | 139 | 408 | 393 | 995 | 1958 | 510 | 4450 | 1.3 | 13.3 | 37.2 | 36.2 | 43.6 | 40.3 | 16.1 | 27.3 | |
Total | 72 | 212 | 772 | 993 | 2893 | 6929 | 1081 | 13043 | 1.3 | 9.9 | 34.4 | 45.2 | 62.9 | 71.6 | 18.8 | 40.4 | |
2006 | Male | 36 | 68 | 322 | 553 | 1629 | 4600 | 554 | 7772 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 27.8 | 48.9 | 70.5 | 93.9 | 20.8 | 48.1 |
Female | 34 | 113 | 307 | 425 | 879 | 1887 | 473 | 4125 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 27.8 | 38.4 | 38.6 | 38.2 | 14.6 | 25.0 | |
Total | 70 | 181 | 630 | 980 | 2515 | 6499 | 1030 | 12007 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 27.8 | 43.8 | 54.9 | 66.1 | 17.4 | 36.8 |
1 Rate per 100,000 population. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada. (Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Demographic Estimates Section, July Population Estimates, 2007 updated postcensal estimates)
2 Data represent newly diagnosed cases of both acute (newly-acquired) and chronic (longer-term) Hepatitis C infection that are reported to PHAC. Undiagnosed cases are not reflected and the data do not take under-reporting and reporting delay (i.e. time between positive HCV test result and receipt of this report by PHAC) into account. Furthermore, observed trends must be interpreted with caution since a number of factors may contribute to such changes including testing patterns, duplicate case removal, and reporting delay. As such, the data should be interpreted with caution.
3 2006 data are preliminary and changes are anticipated.
4 Total includes cases where age and/or sex were unspecified.
Source: Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Community Acquired Infections Division, Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2008.
Note: Variability may exist between data reported by the provinces/territories and the Public Health Agency of Canada. Provincial/territorial data are definitive should a discrepancy exist.