Viral Hepatitis Endemicity and Trends among an Asymptomatic Adult Population in Ho: A 5-Year Retrospective Study at the Ho Municipal Hospital, Ghana

Table 3

Year-on-year trend of infectious markers among prospective female blood donors at the Ho Municipal Hospital.

Parameters	Total	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	for trends
Donors	484	108	129	70	74	103	Nd
HBsAg	40 (8.26)	8 (7.40)	7 (5.42)	7 (10.00)	8 (10.81)	10 (9.70)	0.2207
Anti-HCV	24 (4.95)	12 (11.11)	5 (3.87)	3 (4.1)	2 (2.70)	2 (1.94)	0.0055

Data is presented as figure with corresponding percentages in parenthesis. HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen. Anti-HCV: hepatitis C virus antibody. is significant at 0.05. nd: statistical trend analysis not done.