Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study sample and the general population in 2013 in Belgium
From: Low hepatitis C prevalence in Belgium: implications for treatment reimbursement and scale up
Demographic characteristic | Study population n = 3209 | Total Belgian population 2013 n = 11,099,554 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Sex | Female | 1607 | 50.1 | 5,652,066 | 50.9 |
Male | 1602 | 49.9 | 5,447,488 | 49.1 | |
Region | Brussels-Capital | 372 | 11.6 | 1,154,635 | 10.4 |
Flanders | 2044 | 63.7 | 6,381,859 | 57.5 | |
Wallonia | 793 | 24.7 | 3,563,060 | 32.1 | |
Age group (in years) | < 20 | 1735 | 54.1 | 2,516,257 | 22.7 |
20–29 | 375 | 11.7 | 1,395,074 | 12.6 | |
30–39 | 363 | 11.3 | 1,451,565 | 13.1 | |
40–49 | 188 | 5.9 | 1,600,664 | 14.4 | |
50–59 | 193 | 6.0 | 1,525,220 | 13.7 | |
60–69 | 176 | 5.5 | 1,206,822 | 10.9 | |
70–79 | 80 | 2.5 | 816,895 | 7.4 | |
≥80 | 99 | 3.1 | 587,057 | 5.3 | |