Table 3 Prevalence of anti-HCV and HCV-RNA in prisons, EU/EEA and United Kingdom (UK)

Bulgaria

2009

Unspecified (One prison and juvenile institution)

Adults +children

NA

498

24·7

..

..

2010

Unspecified (2 juvenile institutions)

Children only

NA

258

20·5

..

..

Croatia

2007

National (All prisons)

Adults only

NA

3348

12·5

..

..

2007

National (All juvenile institutions)

Children only

NA

140

4·3

..

..

2006

Unspecified (Multicentre)

Adults only

NA

3348

14·2

..

..

Estonia

2015*

National

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

86·3

NA

41·1

..

..

Finland

2006

National (All prisons and juvenile institutions)

Adults +children

NA

384

45·8

..

..

2006*

Sentenced only

..

..

42·3

..

..

France

2003

National

Unspecified

NA

31,215

6·8

..

..

2010

National

Adults only

NA

1876

4·8

..

..

2010

Southeastern France (3 prisons)

Adults only

NA

5957

5·2

..

..

2013

Unspecified (5 prisons)

Adults only

NA

1720

6·5

..

..

2013

Clermont-Ferrand and Riom (2 prisons)

Adults only

NA

342

4·7

..

..

2003

Caen

Adults only

NA

442

3·9

..

..

Germany

2001

Berlin (2 prisons)

Unspecified

NA

174

82·8

..

..

2002

Unspecified (1 young offenders institution)

Adults only

NA

1125

8·6

..

..

Hungary

2009

National (20 prisons)

Adults only

NA

4894

4·9

..

..

Ireland

2011

National

Adults only

NA

777

12·9

..

..

Italy

2002

Naples

Adults only

NA

524

37·4

..

..

2002

Unspecified (Multicentre)

Adults only

NA

973

38·0

..

..

Malta

2017*

National

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

..

..

..

75

5.7

Portugal

2008

Coimbra (1 regional prison)

Adults only

NA

151

34·4

..

..

2005

Unspecified (2 prisons)

Adults only

NA

445

10·78

..

..

2015*

National

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

100

NA

14·4

..

..

Slovakia

2015*

National

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

17·5

NA

14·2

..

..

Spain

2000

National

Adults +children

..

..

44·9

..

..

2001

National

Adults +children

..

..

42·9

..

..

2002

National

Adults +children

..

..

38·9

..

..

2003

National

Adults +children

..

..

37·8

..

..

2004

National

Adults +children

..

..

37·2

..

..

2005

National

Adults +children

..

..

33·0

..

..

2006

National

Adults +children

..

..

30·0

..

..

2007

National

Adults +children

..

..

29·0

..

..

2008

National

Adults +children

..

..

27·0

..

..

2009

National

Adults +children

..

..

25·3

..

..

2008

18 prisons across Asturias, Cantabria, Lerida, Salamanca, Barcelona, La Coruna, Alicante.

Adults only

..

..

22·7

..

..

2009

Valencia

Adults only

NA

2332

14·7

..

..

2001

Alicante

Adults only

NA

730

38·2

..

..

2016*

National

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

80 5

NA

18·7

66

60

Sweden

2015*

National

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

90

NA

35·0

90

35

UK

2011

Scotland (All prisons including juvenile institutions)

Adults +children

NA

4810

19·2

..

..

2011

Oxfordshire (1 prison)

Unspecified

NA

118

11·0

..

..

2012

Broadmoor (1 maximum security psychiatric hospital/prison)

Unspecified

NA

129

2·3

..

..

2013

London (1 prison)

Unspecified

NA

511

4·3

..

..

2016*

England

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

24

NA

18·0

33

82

2016*

Northern Ireland

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

..

..

12

..

..

2015*

Wales

All (including those in remand prison/jail)

13

..

6

..

..