Table 2: Relative contribution (% of the total) of hepatitis C virus infection case reports by birth group, sex and reporting period in Canada (1991–2010)

Birth group	Contribution of total cases by sex and reporting period, by birth group (%)								Average contribution of total cases by sex by birth group (%)		Average annual change by birth group and sex (%)
	1991−1995		1996−2000		2001−2005		2006−2010				Average annual change by birth group and sex (%)
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
1921−1945	12.4	17.0	10.0	14.0	7.5	12.5	5.8	9.3	8.9	13.2	–0.3	–0.4
1946−1965	72.4	61.6	68.3	57.9	63.3	50.2	54.8	42.7	64.7	53.1	–0.9	–0.9
1966−1990	15.2	21.4	21.7	28.2	29.1	37.3	39.4	48.0	26.4	33.7	1.2	1.3