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Table 1 HBsAg prevalence estimates among indigenous and non-indigenous Australians by study population and before and since 2000

From: Chronic hepatitis B prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians since universal vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pre/ post 2000

Study population

Author & year published

Study period

State/ territory*

Study design

Sex⌶

Age group (yrs) +

Indigenous status

Sample size (n)

HBsAg prevalence (%)

95% CI

Pre

Adolescents

Barrett [29], 1972

1972

QLD & NT

Cross sectional survey of blood samples

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

731

3.41

2.23-5.01**

Pre

Adults

Barrett [29], 1972

1972

QLD & NT

Cross sectional survey of blood samples

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

160

8.13

4.40-13.49**

Pre

Adults

Barrett [30], 1976

1976

QLD & NT

Cross sectional survey of blood samples

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

662

6.90

5.13-9.16**

Non-Indigenous

234

0.38

0.01-2.36**

Pre

Adults

Burrell [31], 1983

1979-1982

SA

Cross sectional survey of blood samples

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

327

25.99

21.32-31.10*

Non-Indigenous

22,800

0.20

0.15-0.30**

Pre

Adolescents

Campbell [32], 1985

November 1985

NSW

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

12-16

Indigenous

89

12.02

6.33-21.04*

Pre

Pregnant women

Moore [33], 1987

1983-1985

WA

Cross sectional Midwifery analyses

F

N/S

Indigenous

817

3.60

2.39-7.88**

Pre

Adults

Holman [34], 1987

May-Sept 1986

WA

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

1,150

7.90

6.42-9.63**

Pre

Adolescents

Holman [34], 1987

May-Sept 1986

WA

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

12-19

Indigenous

177

4.52

1.97-8.71**

Pre

Adults

Campbell [36], 1989

Nov 1985

NSW

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

375

19.20

15.34-23.56**

Non-Indigenous

268

2.01

0.61-4.30

Pre

Adolescents

Gill [35], 1990

1989

WA

Cross sectional School survey

M,F

10-19

Indigenous

186

6.1

3.8-9.5**

Non-Indigenous

301

0.3

0.1-1.8**

Pre

Adolescents

Campbell [36], 1989

1992

NSW

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

12-16

Indigenous

297

14.01

10.39-18.63

Non-Indigenous

111

0.0

0.0-0.0

Pre

Adults

Patterson [37], 1993

1983-1984

NSW

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

236

16.91

12.39-22.36**

Non-Indigenous

268

2.01

0.61-4.30**

Pre

Adults

Patterson [37], 1993

1987-1988

NSW

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

212

5.19

2.62-9.09**

Non-Indigenous

422

0

0.0-0.0**

Pre

Infants

Campbell [32], 1989

1992

NSW

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

0-1

Indigenous

49

22.45

3.89-31.66**

Non-Indigenous

11

9.09

 

Pre

Adolescents

Gardner [38], 1992

1992

NT

Cross sectional school survey

M,F

9-13

Indigenous

439

8.20

5.81-11.17**

Non-Indigenous

665

0.41

0.09-1.31**

Pre

Adolescents

Malcolm [39], 2000

1999

QLD

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

N/S

Indigenous

108

26.02

17.97-35.25**

Post

Pregnant women

Panaretto [40], 2006

2000-2003

QLD

Longitudinal cohort

F

15-40

Indigenous

419

0.81

0.15-2.08

Post

Pregnant women

Wood [41], 2008

2002-2004

NT

Cross sectional Midwifery analyses

F

10-50

Indigenous

522

5.50

3.75-7.88

Non-Indigenous

516

0.79

0.21-1.97

Post

Pregnant women

Romanes [42], 2006

2003

NT

Cross sectional clinical audit

F

15-47

Indigenous

540

4.09

2.57-6.10

15-47

Non-Indigenous

862

1.19

0.56-2.12

Post

Pregnant women

Schultz [43], 2007

2005

NT

Cross sectional clinical audit

F

N/S

Indigenous

432

3.21

1.78-5.37

N/S

Non-Indigenous

359

0.61

0.07-1.98

Post

Pregnant women

Schultz [44], 2008

2003 & 2005

NT

Cross sectional data analysis

F

15+

Indigenous

973

3.70

2.60-5.09**

N/S

Non-Indigenous

1221

0.90

0.45-1.61

Post

Prisoners

van der Poorten [45], 2008

2002-2005

NSW

Cross sectional prison survey

M

12-19

Indigenous

179

3.41

1.30-7.15**

Non-Indigenous

530

1.09

0.42-2.45**

Post

Prisoners

Templeton [46], 2010

2000-2004

NSW

Cross sectional audit

M

14-20

Indigenous

79

11.39

6.29-19.85

Post

Prisoners

Gilles [47], 2008

2006

WA

Cross sectional clinical audit

M,F

18-50

Indigenous

155

3.24

1.06-7.37

18-50

Non-Indigenous

30

3.33

0.08-17.22

Post

Adults

Carroll [48], 2010

2008

QLD

Cross sectional clinical audit

M,F

15-54

Indigenous

112

0.93

0.02-4.87

Post

Adults

Carroll [49], 2010

2008

NT

Cross sectional clinical audit

M,F

15-54

Indigenous

112

11.96

6.33-19.03

Post

Adolescents

Dent [50], 2005

May-July 2005

NT

Cross sectional Community survey

M,F

14-15

Indigenous

37

11.08

3.03-25.42

  1. *Northern Territory (NT), New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA). ⌶Males (M), Females (F). + N/S not stated. **Authors calculated 95% confidence intervals (Binomal Exact Method).