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Table 1 Age distribution of HBsAg positive cases under 5 years old by province, 2015 to 2019

From: Prevalence and incidence rates of laboratory-confirmed hepatitis B infection in South Africa, 2015 to 2019

Province

Age in years

Percent of Total (%)

0

1

2

3

4

Total (No)

Eastern Cape

74

12

7

5

9

107

9.46

Free State

13

3

2

0

3

21

1.86

Gauteng

221

24

20

16

22

303

26.79

Kwazulu-Natal

129

27

11

12

20

199

17.60

Limpopo

133

31

31

34

27

256

22.63

Mpumalanga

62

10

8

6

6

92

8.13

North West

32

2

2

1

2

39

3.45

Northern Cape

10

0

0

3

2

15

1.33

Western Cape

69

11

11

3

5

99

8.75

Total

743

120

92

80

96

1131

100