Hepatitis and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders

National data for this population is limited.
In 2021, non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders were 4.3 times more likely to die from viral hepatitis than non-Hispanic whites.1
In 2022, Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders were 17.3 times more likely to die from hepatitis B than non-Hispanic whites.2

Viral Hepatitis

Death due to viral hepatitis, age-adjusted rates per 100,000 population, 2021
	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	--	1.0	--
Female	--	0.6	--
Both Sexes	3.4	0.8	4.3

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2024. Deaths: Final Data for 2021. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 73, No. 8. Table 11.

Hepatitis A

Reported cases of hepatitis A, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
--	0.6	--

Source: CDC, 2024. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report — United States, 2022.  Table 1.2.

Hepatitis B

Reported cases of acute hepatitis B, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
--	0.6	--

Source: CDC, 2024. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report — United States, 2022.  Table 2.2.

Newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis B, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
--	1.8	--

Source: CDC, 2024. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report — United States, 2022.  Table 2.6.

Deaths with hepatitis B listed as a cause of death, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
5.2	0.3	17.3

Source: CDC, 2024. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report — United States, 2022.  Table 2.8.

Immunization (Hepatitis B)

Adults ages 19–49 who received at least one dose ever of the hepatitis B vaccine, percentage, 2021
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
--	48.4	--

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2024. Vaccination Coverage among Adults in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2021. Table 4. Estimated proportion of adults aged ≥19 years who received hepatitis B vaccination, by age group, increased-risk status, and race and ethnicity.

Adolescents ages 13–17 who received at least three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine (HepB), percentage, 2023
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
--	92.5	--

Source: CDC. TeenVaxView Interactive.

Children born in 2020 who received at least 3 doses of the hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine by age 24 months, percentage
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
79.2	92.4	0.9

Source: CDC, 2023. Vaccination Coverage by Age 24 Months Among Children Born in 2019 and 2020—National Immunization Survey-Child, United States, 2020–2022. Supplementary Table 1.

Hepatitis C

Reported cases of acute hepatitis C, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
--	1.5	--

Source: CDC, 2024. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report — United States, 2022.  Table 3.2.

Newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
--	31.3	--

Source: CDC, 2024. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report — United States, 2022.  Table 3.6.

Deaths with hepatitis C listed as a cause of death, rate per 100,000 population, 2021
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
3.2	3.0	1.1

Source: CDC, 2024. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report — United States, 2022.  Table 3.8.

1 CDC, 2024. Deaths: Final Data for 2021. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 73, No. 8. Table 11. (Back to top)

2 CDC, 2024. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report — United States, 2022.  Table 2.8. (Back to top)