Mortality trends among people with hepatitis B and C: a population-based linkage study, 1993-2012

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Title: Mortality trends among people with hepatitis B and C: a population-based linkage study, 1993-2012
Authors: Maryam Alavi, Jason Grebely, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Janaki Amin, Sarah Larney, Matthew G. Law, Jacob George, Louisa Degenhardt, Gregory J. Dore
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Collection: LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Subject Terms: HBV, HCV, Cause-specific mortality, Drug-related mortality, Liver-related mortality, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
More Details: Abstract Background This study evaluated cause-specific mortality trends including liver-related mortality among people with a hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) notification in New South Wales, Australia. Methods Notifications 1993-2012 were linked to cause-specific mortality records 1993-2013. Results Among 57,929 and 92,474 people with a HBV and HCV notification, 4.8% and 10.0% died since 1997. In early 2010s, 28% and 33% of HBV and HCV deaths were liver-related, 28% and 17% were cancer-related (excluding liver cancer), and 5% and 15% were drug-related, respectively. During 2002-2012, annual HBV-related liver death numbers were relatively stable (53 to 68), while HCV-related liver death numbers increased considerably (111 to 284). Age-standardised HBV-related liver mortality rates declined from 0.2 to 0.1 per 100 person-years (PY) (P
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1471-2334
Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3110-0; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3110-0
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/855cd780ef2646c3bfb08ac989aeb843
Accession Number: edsdoj.855cd780ef2646c3bfb08ac989aeb843
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:14712334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-018-3110-0
Published in:BMC Infectious Diseases
Language:English