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ă ĂõĀÿĂĄõô ùþ ÿąĂ üñ㥠ùăăąõ êøõ ÜùĂ㥠äñĄùÿþñü Hepatitis C Mapping Project Report has been released, ăøÿćùþ÷ ĄøñĄ Ąøõ ñĂõñă ÿö ׹ăĄĂñüùñ ćùĄø Ąøõ øù÷øõ㥠øõĀñĄùĄùă Ù ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ ñüăÿ øñĆõ Ąøõ üÿćõ㥠ĄĂõñĄýõþĄ rates. Chronic hepatitis Ù ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ ùă ÷õþõĂñüüĉ øù÷øõĂ ùþ ĂąĂñü ñþô Ăõ÷ùÿþñü locations, and lower in metropolitan areas. The report contains õăĄùýñĄõă öÿĂ .,-2 ÿþ Ąøõ ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ ôùñ÷þÿăùă ýÿþùĄÿĂùþ÷ ñþô ĄĂõñĄýõþĄ ÿö hepatitis C at the local area, Primary Health Network (PHN) and State/Territory üõĆõü êøõĉ ñüăÿ üÿÿû ñĄ ùþôùĆùôąñü é×/ă ćøùóø ñĂõ ñ ØąĂõñą ÿö éĄñĄùăĄùóă ýõñăąĂõ ÿö ăýñüüõĂ ĀÿĀąüñĄùÿþ ñĂõñă ăąóø ñă éñüùăòąĂĉ êõñ êĂõõ Ýąüüĉ ëþüõĉ Ąøõ ãùô äÿĂĄø ÿĂ ïÿĂûõ æõþùþăąüñ éÿ ćøñĄ ôÿõă Ąøõ ĂõĀÿĂĄ øñĆõ Ąÿ ăñĉ ñòÿąĄ éÿąĄø ׹ăĄĂñüùñ
æĂõĆñüõþóõ ÞõĀñĄùĄùă Ù ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ ćñă estimated to be well below Ąøõ þñĄùÿþñü ñĆõĂñ÷õ ùþ òÿĄø ÿö Ąøõ é× æÞäă ÿö ×ôõüñùôõ ±, 14i² ñþô ÙÿąþĄĂĉ é× (0.62%) (see maps). Within Ąøõ ×ôõüñùôõ æÞä ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ òĉ é×/ ĆñĂùõô ×ôõüñùôõ ÙùĄĉ øñô Ąøõ øù÷øõ㥠ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ with 1.95%, and was one ÿö ÿþüĉ ĄøĂõõ é×/ă ćùĄø ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ øù÷øõĂ Ąøñþ Ąøõ þñĄùÿþñü ñĆõĂñ÷õ Ąøõ õăĄùýñĄõô ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ ùþ æÿĂĄ
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Adelaide West was 1.02%, and in Port Adelaide East was - ,,i æüñĉöÿĂô ±, 5/i² ćñă the only other SA3 which had ñ øù÷øõĂ ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ õăĄùýñĄõ Ąøñþ Ąøõ ăĄñĄõ ñĆõĂñ÷õ íøùüõ the remaining two SA3s within the PHN, Charles 饹å ±, 2/i² ñþô éñüùăòąĂĉ ±, 20i² øñô ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ estimates below the state ñĆõĂñ÷õ æĂõĆñüõþóõ õăĄùýñĄõă ćõĂõ üõăă ĆñĂùñòüõ ćùĄøùþ ÙÿąþĄĂĉ é× êøõ øù÷øõ㥠ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ ćñă ĂõóÿĂôõô ùþ åąĄòñóû – North and East (1.18%), öÿüüÿćõô òĉ ãąĂĂñĉ ñþô Mallee (1.01%). Estimated øõĀñĄùĄùă Ù ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ ùþ Ąøõ remaining SA3s was below Ąøõ þñĄùÿþñü ñĆõĂñ÷õ
Úùñ÷þÿăùă ßþ é× Ąøõ ĂñĄõ ÿö øõĀñĄùĄùă Ù þÿĄùŁóñĄùÿþ ùþ òÿĄø æÞäă ćñă òõüÿć Ąøõ þñĄùÿþñü ñĆõĂñ÷õ ñüĄøÿą÷ø ùĄ ćñă óÿþăùôõĂñòüĉ øù÷øõĂ ùþ ÙÿąþĄĂĉ é× ±// 3² than in Adelaide (25.3). äÿĄùŁóñĄùÿþ ĂñĄõă ćõĂõ øù÷øüĉ ĆñĂùñòüõ òõĄćõõþ SA3s within these two areas. In Adelaide PHN, rates were highest in Adelaide ÙùĄĉ ±-/, 5² öÿüüÿćõô òĉ Port Adelaide East (68.5) ñþô æüñĉöÿĂô ±1- 4² êøõăõ rates were considerably øù÷øõĂ Ąøñþ ùþ Ąøõ Ăõ㥠ÿö the SA3s in Adelaide PHN, ćùĄø þÿĄùŁóñĄùÿþ ĂñĄõă öÿĂ hepatitis C in the remaining 13 SA3 between 5.0 and 24.7 per 100,000 residents.
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Similar to the estimated ĀĂõĆñüõþóõ ôùñ÷þÿăùă ĂñĄõă ùþ ÙÿąþĄĂĉ é× ćõĂõ üõăă ĆñĂùñòüõ òõĄćõõþ é×/ă êøõ highest rates were recorded ùþ åąĄòñóû ¯ äÿĂĄø ñþô Ûñ㥠±32 .² öÿüüÿćõô òĉ ãąĂĂñĉ and Mallee (58.8), Limestone Coast (44.5), and Yorke æõþùþăąüñ ±0- 4² êøõ ĂñĄõ ÿö