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Reported cases of hepatitis C
Reported cases of Hepatitis C1 from January 1 to June 30, 2007 and January 1 to June 30, 2008 and corresponding rates for January 1 to December 31, 2007 and 20082
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.
| Province / Territory | Hepatitis C | |||
| Cases: January 1 to June 30 | Rates: January 1 to December 31 | |||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2007 Actual Annual Rate3 |
2008 Projected Annual Rate4 |
|
| National | 6109 | 6153 | 37.1 | 37.3 |
| NL | 44 | 51 | 17.4 | 20.1 |
| PE | 26 | 30 | 37.5 | 43.3 |
| NS | 102 | 150 | 21.8 | 32.1 |
| NB | 106 | 93 | 28.3 | 24.8 |
| QC | 963 | 940 | 25.0 | 24.4 |
| ON | 2215 | 2330 | 34.6 | 36.4 |
| MB | 177 | 192 | 29.8 | 32.4 |
| SK | 294 | 358 | 59.0 | 71.8 |
| AB | 687 | 615 | 39.6 | 35.4 |
| BC | 1462 | 1376 | 66.8 | 62.8 |
| YT | 24 | 12 | 154.9 | 77.4 |
| NT | 7 | 6 | 32.8 | 28.1 |
| NU | 3 | 0 | 19.3 | 0.0 |
1 Does not distinguish between acute and chronic hepatitis C infections
2 Data are preliminary and expected to change: 2008 data are expected to change more than 2007 data.
3 Rate (per 100,000) based on all reported cases for 2007. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada. (Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Demographic Estimates Section, July Population Estimates, 2007 updated postcensal estimates).
4 Rate (per 100,000) based on all reported/extrapolated cases for 2008. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada. (Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Demographic Estimates Section, July Population Estimates, 2007 preliminary postcensal estimates). No adjustment has been made for seasonal variability.
Note: Small 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.
Source: Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Community Acquired Infections Division, Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2009.
