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Table 5 Estimates of anti-HCV prevalence by population and by country

From: Prevalence of hepatitis C infection among the general population and high-risk groups in the EU/EEA: a systematic review update

Country

Included references

Selected references

Sample size

Anti-HCV prevalence (%) (95% CI)

Baseline sample size

Baseline prevalence (%) (95% CI)

General population

 Spain

3

Single low risk

13678

0.8 (0.65–0.95) [20]

364

1.1(0.3–2.8) [17]

 Italy

2

Pooled low risk

12444

1.37 (1.17–1.58) [22, 23]

4826

5.9(5.2–6.6) [17]

 Poland

2

Single high risk

61805

1.5 (1.4–1.6) [24]

–

–

 Czech Republic

1

Single low risk

3000

1.67 (1.21–2.13) [27]

–

–

 Portugal

1

Single low risk

1627

0.54 (0.18–0.9) [28]

–

–

 Netherlands

1

Single high risk

6036

0.56 (0.37–0.75) [33]

4046

0.1(0.0–0.2) [17]

 Ireland

1

Single low risk

3795

0.98 (0.67–1.29) [26]

1478

0.1(0.0–0.4) [17]

Pregnant women

 UK

2

Single low risk

31467

0.1 (0.06–0.13) [31]

110621

1 [17]

 Slovenia

1

Single low risk

31849

0.13 (0.09–0.17) [32]

90

4.4 [17]

 Italy

1

Single high risk

5184

0.2 (0.08–0.32) [33]

10881

1.7 (1.4–1.9) [17]

 Poland

1

Single low risk

38309

0.76 (0.67–0.85) [34]

1534

0.1 (0.0–0.3) [17]

 Sweden

1

Single low risk

4112

0.27 (0.11–0.43) [35]

–

–

 Spain

1

Single low risk

21379

0.55 (0.45–0.65) [36]

–

–

First-time blood donors

 Italy

1

Single low risk

1934612

0.09 (0.08–0.09) [37]

–

0.094 (0.085–0.104) [17]

 Greece

1

Single high risk

3838919

0.03 (0.03–0.03) [38]

–

1.202 (1.114–1.295) [17]

MSM

 Netherlands

1

Single high risk

439

7.1 (4.69–9.51) [40]

–

–

 UK

1

Single low risk

1140

1.8 (1.03–2.57) [39]

–

–

 France

1

Single low risk

13051

5.1 (4.72–5.48) [41]

–

–

Prisoner

 UK

2

Pooled high risk

1484

7.9 (6.53–9.28) [42, 43]

5450

17.7(16.4–18.4) [18]

 Portugal

2

Pooled high risk

82

16.51 (8.42–24.6) [44, 45]

151

34.4(26.9–42.6) [18]

 Norway

1

Single high risk

62

51.6 (39.06–64.14) [63]

  

 Spain

1

Single high risk

436

16 (12.55–19.45) [47]

–

22.7(18.3–27.1) [18]

PWID

 UK

3

Pooled low risk

1818

36.5 (34.29–38.72) [48,49,50]

3144

49.1 (47.4–50.9) [18]

 France

2

Pooled low risk

3015

57.26 (55.49–59.02) [53, 54]

–

–

 Spain

2

Single low risk

754

72 (68.79–75.21) [52]

–

–

 Greece

2

Pooled high risk

3099

69.67 (68.05–71.29) [55, 56]

1309

68.1 (65.5–70.6) [18]

Germany

1

Pooled low risk from a single study

1526

66.18 (63.8–68.55) [57]

–

–

 Italy

1

Single high risk

261

47.1 (41.03–53.17) [64]

743

60.5 (56.8–64.0) [18]

 Hungary

1

Single low risk

755

48.24 (44.67–51.81) [58]

652

24.1 (20.8–27.6) [18]

 Croatia

1

Pooled low risk from a single study

830

34.04 (30.81–37.26) [59]

200

44 (37.0–51.2) [18]

 Sweden

1

Single high risk

1386

82 (79.98–84.02) [60]

–

–

 Ireland

1

Single high risk

228

63.6 (57.34–69.86) [61]

200

41.5 (34.6–48.7) [18]

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

1

Single high risk

120

52.5 (43.53–61.47) [62]

–

–

 Norway

1

Single high risk

304

41 (35.46–46.54) [63]

6342

63.0 (61.8–64.2)