Table 2: Annualized crude and age-standardized hospital discharge rates per 100 000 population, by immigrant and risk-related variables, for all liver disease, HBV infection, HCV infection and primary liver cancer
Group; variable
Disease; rate per 100 000 population
All liver diseaseHBV infectionHCV infectionPrimary liver cancer
CrudeAge-standardized (95% CI)CrudeAge-standardized (95% CI)CrudeAge-standardized (95% CI)CrudeAge-standardized (95% CI)
Canadian-born75.477.8 (75.8-79.9)2.62.7 (2.3-3.1)6.26.3 (5.8-7.3)7.37.7 (7.1-8.4)
Immigrant66.459.8* (57.1-62.7)5.14.7* (3.9-5.6)5.55.0* (4.2-5.9)12.410.6* (9.5-11.8)
Duration of residence, yr
    > 1079.865.0* (61.7-68.5)5.85.1* (4.2-6.2)6.55.3* (4.4-6.3)14.910.9* (9.6-12.3)
    ≤ 1026.945.2* (38.1-53.7)2.85.4 (3.2-9.2)2.84.5 (2.7-7.5)5.915.7* (11.3-22.9)
Source country risk level
    Low--2.01.7* (1.0-2.7)5.44.6* (3.8-5.5)10.77.8 (6.7-9.0)
    Medium--2.93.0 (2.0-4.4)2.12.1* (1.1-4.1)--
    High--11.412.5* (10.2-15.5)17.923.0* (15.3-34.5)16.820.0* (16.9-23.6)

Note: CI = confidence interval, HBV = hepatitis B virus, HCV = hepatitis C virus.

*Significantly different from the value for the Canadian-born cohort.