Figure 2.2. Rates* of reported acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state — United States, 2018–2019

Figure 2.2. Rates* of reported acute hepatitis B virus infection, by state — United States, 2018–2019
The distribution of rates of reported acute hepatitis B by state or jurisdiction, for 2018 and 2019, sorted from the highest to lowest rates for 2019. The US rate during 2019 was 1.0 reported cases per 100,000 population. Maine and West Virginia had the highest rates of reported acute hepatitis B during 2019.
Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
* Rates per 100,000 population.
† Reported cases that met the classification criteria for a confirmed case. For the case definition, see https://ndc.services.cdc.gov/conditions/hepatitis-b-acute/.
Only states with rates for 2018 and 2019 are shown.
State/jurisdiction and year for no reported cases: Nebraska (2019), North Dakota (2019); for unavailable data: District of Columbia (2018, 2019), Rhode Island (2018,2019).

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During 2019, the rates of reported acute hepatitis B ranged from a high of 4.3 cases per 100,000 population in Maine to a low of 0.1 in Connecticut, Hawaii, Montana, and Wisconsin. The largest increase in rates from 2018 to 2019 was observed in South Dakota, whereas the largest decrease in rates from 2018 to 2019 was observed in Connecticut. Because of varying resources to conduct viral hepatitis surveillance and the relatively smaller number of acute hepatitis B virus cases reported in certain jurisdictions, wide fluctuations in annual rates occur.

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