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Rates* of reported cases† of acute Hepatitis B 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 changes in denominator and should be interpreted with caution (see Technical Notes).
† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis B.
Rates of reported acute hepatitis B decreased among all race and ethnicity groups from 2006–2012, remained largely unchanged during 2013–2019, then declined abruptly among all race and ethnicity groups in 2020. In 2021, rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B ranged from a low of 0.2 cases per 100,000 among non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander persons to a high of 0.9 cases non-Hispanic Black persons. Compared to 2020, rates increased in 2021 among non-Hispanic Black persons and Hispanic 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 2.1. Number of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection and estimated infections — United States, 2014–2021
- Figure 2.2. Rates of reported acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020–2021
- Figure 2.3. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
- Figure 2.4. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by age group — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 2.5. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by sex — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 2.6. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2006–2021
- Figure 2.7. Availability of information on risk behaviors or exposures associated with reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection — United States, 2021
- Figure 2.8. Rates of deaths with hepatitis B virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
- Table 2.1. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2017–2021
- Table 2.2. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2017–2021
- Table 2.3. Reported risk behaviors or exposures among reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection — United States, 2021
- Table 2.4. Number of newly reported cases of perinatal hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
- Table 2.5. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2021
- Table 2.6. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2021
- Table 2.7. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis B virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2017–2021
- Table 2.8. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis B virus infections listed as a cause of death among residents, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2017–2021