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Rates on the decline in the United States but not among adults.
2004 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis B infections have declined by two-thirds in the United States in the past decade, reflecting the routine use of childhood vaccinations against the liver-attacking virus, U.S. health officials say.
However, infections are still on the rise among adults, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Since 1999, hepatitis B cases have risen by 5% among men ages 20-39 and by 20% and 31%, respectively, for men and women 40 or older.
The CDC said the overall number of cases dropped 67% between 1990 to 2002, with the greatest decrease - 89% - in the newborn-to-19-year-old age group.
"There have been overall declines - that is good," said Dr. Beth Bell, chief of the epidemiology branch in the CDC's division of viral hepatitis. "But the recent rise ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Rates on the decline in the United States but not among adults.