Demographic details of 182 children with HCV infection reported through the BPSU between April 1997 and December 1998
|
Blood product recipient (n = 134) |
Organ transplant recipient (n = 2) |
Other1-150
(n = 6) | Infection from presumed MTC transmission (n = 40) |
Total (%) (n = 182) | |
| Current residence | |||||
| Thames regions | 29 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 43 (23.7) |
| Rest of England and Wales | 72 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 92 (50.5) |
| Scotland | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 (12.6) |
| Republic of Ireland | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 24 (13.2) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 102 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 146 (80.2) |
| Indian subcontinent | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 (10.4) |
| Black | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1.7) |
| Oriental | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1.7) |
| Other1-151 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 (6.0) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 103 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 129 (70.9) |
| Female | 31 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 53 (29.1) |
| Age at report (y) | |||||
| <2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 (6.6) |
| 2 to <5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 (4.9) |
| 5 to <10 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 52 (28.6) |
| >10 | 98 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 109 (59.9) |