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Rates* of reported cases† of Hepatitis A virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2006–2021
* Rates per 100,000 population. Beginning in 2021, single-race population estimates are used for rate calculations. For prior years, bridged-race population estimates are used. When comparing the 2021 rates by race/ethnicity to prior years, differences may be due to the change in denominator and should be interpreted with caution (see Technical Notes).
† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis A.
Compared with the pre-outbreak period of 2015, the rates for reported hepatitis A increased most dramatically among non-Hispanic White persons during 2017–2019, then declined during 2020. During 2021, rates of hepatitis A ranged from a low of 0.4 cases per 100,000 population among non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander persons to a high of 2.1 cases per 100,000 population among non-Hispanic White persons. Variations of disease rates by race or ethnicity may reflect systemic cultural, behavioral, environmental, and social factors, including structural racism.
Fluctuations in annual rates may result in part from the relatively smaller number of cases reported among some race and ethnicity categories and a change from using bridged-race (prior to 2021) to single-race (in 2021) population estimates as denominators for rate calculations (see Technical Notes).
- Figure 1.1. Number of reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection and estimated infections — United States, 2014–2021
- Figure 1.2. Rates of reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020–2021
- Figure 1.3. Rates of reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
- Figure 1.4. Rates of reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection, by age group — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 1.5. Rates of reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection, by sex — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 1.6. Rates of reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 1.7. Availability of information regarding risk behaviors or exposures associated with reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection — United States, 2021
- Table 1.1. Numbers and rates of reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2017–2021
- Table 1.2. Numbers and rates of reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2017–2021
- Table 1.3. Reported risk behaviors or exposures among reported cases of hepatitis A virus infection — United States, 2021
- Table 1.4. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis A virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2017–2021