title: Trends in percentage of the population age 15-59 testing positive on the hepatitis C RNA test, Egypt 2008-2015
unit_of_measure: Percentage
linearized_input: Trends in percentage of the population age 15-59 testing positive on the hepatitis C RNA test, Egypt 2008-2015 | Percentage | (Percentage  - Total, 2008, 10) (Percentage  - Women , 2008, 8) (Percentage  - Men, 2008, 12) (Percentage  - Total, 2005, 7) (Percentage  - Women , 2005, 6) (Percentage  - Men, 2005, 9)
table_text: Figure 3.2 shows trends in the proportions of women and men age 15-59 testing positive on the HCV RNA test between the 2008 EDHS and 2015 EHIS. During the roughly seven-year period between the two surveys, the percentage of adults positive on the test (i.e., who had an active hepatitis C infection) decreased by 30 percent. In large part, the decline reflects the aging out of the population tested of individuals who were age 53-59 at the time of the 2008 EDHS Individuals in that age group accounted for around 25 percent of the active hepatitis infections at the time of the 2008 EDHS.
target: Figure 3.2 shows trends in the proportions of women and men age 15-59 testing positive on the HCV RNA test between the 2008 EDHS and 2015 EHIS.