The Burden and Trend of Blood-Borne Pathogens among Asymptomatic Adult Population in Akwatia: A Retrospective Study at the St. Dominic Hospital, Ghana

Table 3

Year-on-year trends in infectious markers among male blood donors at the St. Dominic Hospital Akwatia, Ghana.

Year	Total	2013	2014	2015	2016	p value
Blood donors	10,740	2,343	2,903	3,310	2,184
HBV	794 (7.39)	238 (10.16)	233 (8.03)	223 (6.74)	100 (4.58)	<0.0001
HCV	608 (5.66)	182 (7.77)	181 (6.23)	172 (5.20)	73 (3.34)	<0.0001
HIV	433 (4.03)	92 (3.93)	130 (4.48)	118 (3.56)	93 (4.26)	0.8848
Syphilis	1137 (10.59)	209 (8.92)	256 (8.82)	475 (14.35)	197 (9.02)	0.0043

Data is presented as frequency and corresponding percentage in parenthesis. HBV: Hepatitis B Virus; HCV: Hepatitis C Virus; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus. p for trends is significant at 0.05.