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Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012
BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study compared the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the Republic of Korea and estimated the high-risk regions and towns. METHODS: National Health Insurance Service data for 8 years from 2005 to 2012 were used. The subjects of the study had visited medical faci...
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The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26526977 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2015.21.3.249 |
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author | Shon, Hae-Sook Choi, Hwa Young Kim, Jang Rak Ryu, So Yeon Lee, Youn-Jae Lee, Myeong Jin Min, Hyun Ju Lee, Jun Song, Yeong Jun Ki, Moran |
author_facet | Shon, Hae-Sook Choi, Hwa Young Kim, Jang Rak Ryu, So Yeon Lee, Youn-Jae Lee, Myeong Jin Min, Hyun Ju Lee, Jun Song, Yeong Jun Ki, Moran |
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description | BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study compared the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the Republic of Korea and estimated the high-risk regions and towns. METHODS: National Health Insurance Service data for 8 years from 2005 to 2012 were used. The subjects of the study had visited medical facilities and been diagnosed with or received treatment for acute or chronic HCV as a primary or secondary disease according to ICD-10 codes of B17.1 or B18.2, respectively. Any patient who received treatment for the same disease multiple times during 1 year was counted as one patient in that year. To correct for the effect of the age structure of the population by year and region, the age-adjusted prevalence was calculated using the direct method based on the registered population in 2010. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of HCV infection among Korean adults (>20 years old) increased from 0.14% in 2005 to 0.18% in 2012. The sex-, age-, and region-adjusted prevalence in 2012 was 0.18%. The prevalence was highest in Busan, Jeonnam, and Gyeongnam, and there were towns with noticeably higher prevalences within these regions: Jindo (0.97%) in Jeonnam, Namhae (0.90%) in Gyeongnam, and Seo-gu (0.86%) in Busan. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of HCV infection differs by regions as well as towns in the Republic of Korea, and is highest in Busan, Jeonnam, and Gyeongnam. The reasons for the high prevalence in these specific regions should be identified, since this could help prevent HCV infections in the future. In addition, active surveillance and treatment policies should be introduced to stop any further spread of infection in these high-prevalence regions. |
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spelling | pubmed-46122862015-10-30 Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012 Shon, Hae-Sook Choi, Hwa Young Kim, Jang Rak Ryu, So Yeon Lee, Youn-Jae Lee, Myeong Jin Min, Hyun Ju Lee, Jun Song, Yeong Jun Ki, Moran Clin Mol Hepatol Original Article BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study compared the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the Republic of Korea and estimated the high-risk regions and towns. METHODS: National Health Insurance Service data for 8 years from 2005 to 2012 were used. The subjects of the study had visited medical facilities and been diagnosed with or received treatment for acute or chronic HCV as a primary or secondary disease according to ICD-10 codes of B17.1 or B18.2, respectively. Any patient who received treatment for the same disease multiple times during 1 year was counted as one patient in that year. To correct for the effect of the age structure of the population by year and region, the age-adjusted prevalence was calculated using the direct method based on the registered population in 2010. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of HCV infection among Korean adults (>20 years old) increased from 0.14% in 2005 to 0.18% in 2012. The sex-, age-, and region-adjusted prevalence in 2012 was 0.18%. The prevalence was highest in Busan, Jeonnam, and Gyeongnam, and there were towns with noticeably higher prevalences within these regions: Jindo (0.97%) in Jeonnam, Namhae (0.90%) in Gyeongnam, and Seo-gu (0.86%) in Busan. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of HCV infection differs by regions as well as towns in the Republic of Korea, and is highest in Busan, Jeonnam, and Gyeongnam. The reasons for the high prevalence in these specific regions should be identified, since this could help prevent HCV infections in the future. In addition, active surveillance and treatment policies should be introduced to stop any further spread of infection in these high-prevalence regions. The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2015-09 2015-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4612286/ /pubmed/26526977 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2015.21.3.249 Text en Copyright © 2015 by The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Shon, Hae-Sook Choi, Hwa Young Kim, Jang Rak Ryu, So Yeon Lee, Youn-Jae Lee, Myeong Jin Min, Hyun Ju Lee, Jun Song, Yeong Jun Ki, Moran Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012 |
title | Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012 |
title_full | Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012 |
title_fullStr | Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012 |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012 |
title_short | Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012 |
title_sort | comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection by region in the republic of korea during 2005-2012 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26526977 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2015.21.3.249 |
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