Epidemiological characteristics of patients with hepatitis C in Jinhua City， Zhejiang Province from 2005 to 2023
10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2025.24344
- VernacularTitle:2005—2023年浙江省金华市丙型肝炎流行病学特征
- Author:
Ke ZHU
1
;
Hui WANG
2
;
Huiling TANG
1
;
Lyuhua JIN
1
Author Information
1. Jinhua Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321000, China
2. AIDS Prevention and Control Institute, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310051, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
viral hepatitis type C;
epidemiological characteristic;
incidence rate;
Jinhua City;
prevention and control measure
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine
2025;37(2):135-139
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo analyze the epidemiological characteristics of patients with hepatitis C in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province from 2005 to 2023, so as to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of hepatitis C. MethodsThe data on patients with hepatitis C, as well as whose current address is in Jinhua City, from 2005 to 2023 were collected from the infectious disease surveillance system of the China Disease Control and Prevention Information Management System. Descriptive epidemiological methods were used to analyze the temporal, spatial and demographic distribution characteristics of hepatitis C. ResultsA total of 2 326 cases of hepatitis C were reported in Jinhua from 2005 to 2023, including 2 death cases, with an average annual incidence rate of 2.19/100 000, showing a trend which rose first and then declined and then rose again. Hepatitis C was reported all the year round without significant seasonal pattern. In terms of the number of reported cases and the average annual incidence rate, Yiwu City ranked the first place. From 2005 to 2023, a total of 1 438 (61.82%) male cases and 888 (38.18%) female cases were reported, and the reported incidence rate was higher for males (2.62/100 000) than that for females (1.74/100 000), showing a statistically significant difference (χ2=92.937, P<0.001). Most cases aged between 30 to <50 years old (1 175, 50.52%), and the incidence rate of hepatitis C among the age group of 40‒<50, 50‒<60, 60‒<70 years old was showing an upward trend, with farmers (1 024, 44.02%) as the main occupation . ConclusionThe prevalence of hepatitis C in Jinhua City is generally at a low level, with an incidence rate of increasing and then decreasing, but rise up again after 2019. Therefore, epidemic surveillance and health education among the male, middle-aged and elderly people and farmers, as well as the key regions where the migrant workers flows in should be enhanced.
