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Cases decrease in Southern California.
2003 FEB 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The widespread vaccination of children is being credited for a dramatic drop in cases of hepatitis A in Southern California and much of the West.
The vaccine for the most common liver disease is voluntary in California. Most pediatricians and clinics, however, have included it in the list of childhood immunizations since the U.S. government made it widely available in recent years.
The biggest drop has been among Hispanic children, who had a rate of hepatitis so high that a UCLA medical school study of the prevaccine years of the early 1990s called it an epidemic.
In Los Angeles County, cases among Hispanics 14 and under have dropped from 368 in 1999 to 114 in 2001, a 69% decrease. Only 52 cases were reported in 2002, according to preliminary Los Angeles County data. In Orange County, the number of hepatitis A cases among Hispanics 18 and younger has dropped 91% from 2000 to 2002, from 107 to 10, statistics show.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Cases decrease in Southern California.