New York State Hepatitis A Surveillance Summary - 2004
Hepatitis A
Cases Reported January 1, 2004 through December 31, 20041
- Number of confirmed cases2 - 117
- NYS Rate per 100,000 population - 1.06
- U.S. Rate per 100,000 population3 - 2.50
| Age (years) | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2-5 | 10 | 8.6 |
| 6-10 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 11-20 | 25 | 21.4 |
| 21-30 | 17 | 14.5 |
| 31-40 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 41-50 | 14 | 12.0 |
| 50+ | 27 | 23.1 |
| Mean Age: 32.4 years | ||
| Gender | N | % |
| Male | 70 | 59.8 |
| Female | 47 | 40.2 |
| Race | N | % |
| White | 76 | 64.9 |
| Black | 6 | 5.1 |
| Alaskan Native/Amer Ind | 0 | 0.0 |
| Asian/Pac Islander | 15 | 12.8 |
| Other | 10 | 8.6 |
| Unknown | 10 | 8.6 |
| Ethnicity | N | % |
| Non-hispanic | 78 | 66.7 |
| Hispanic | 28 | 23.9 |
| Unknown | 11 | 9.4 |
| County | Case Count | County | Case Count | County | Case Count | County | Case Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 3 | Monroe | 3 | Rensselaer | 1 | Ulster | 2 |
| Allegany | 1 | Montgomery | 2 | Rockland | 2 | Warren | 1 |
| Broome | 1 | Nassau | 28 | Saratoga | 4 | Washington | 1 |
| Chemung | 11 | Onondaga | 2 | Schenectady | 2 | Wayne | 1 |
| Cortland | 1 | Ontario | 1 | Schoharie | 2 | Westchester | 24 |
| Erie | 3 | Orange | 1 | St. Lawrence | 1 | Yates | 1 |
| Jefferson | 2 | Oswego | 24 | Steuben | 1 | ||
| Madison | 2 | Otsego | 2 | Suffolk | 93 |
Footnotes:
1 Represents cases reported to the NYSDOH by local health departments during 2004, excluding NYC.
2 Case Definition: 1) A discrete onset of symptoms and jaundice or elevated liver enzymes; and, 2) IgM anti-HAV positive test result. Confirmed: A case that meets the clinical and laboratory criteria, or a case that meets the clinical criteria and occurs in a person who has an epidemiologic link with a person who has laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A (i.e., household or sexual contact with an infected person during the 15-50 days prior to onset of symptoms).
3 Based on the most recent available published data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR 2003;52 (Table II, pages 1270-71).
4 Includes only counties that reported at least one case of hepatitis A virus in 2004.
For more information, or if you have questions about this summmary report, please contact the Burueau of Communicable Disease Control @ (518) 473-4439 or email hepatabc@health.state.ny.us.
