Figure 9.1.8: Hepatitis C by sex
Rate of hepatitis C infections reported per 100,000 population by sex, Middlesex-London, 2005 to 2018
Source:
Public Health Ontario Infectious Disease Query: Middlesex-London Health Unit: Case counts and crude rates of reportable diseases by year. Toronto ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2019 May 8 [cited 2019 May 13].Among Middlesex-London residents, the rate of hepatitis C infections was significantly higher among males than females in all but two years between 2005 and 2018.
During this time period, the rate among both females and males increased, with the rate among females more than doubling from 2005 to 2018.