Skip to main content

Table 1 Prevalence of H. pylori infection in different populations of the world.

From: Helicobacter pylori: a poor man's gut pathogen?

Country

N studied cases

Age range

(years)

Pre-valence

Ref.

Developing Countries1:

    

Bangladesh

181

20-44

92%

[95]

Brazil

    

- rural

40 (children)

< 20

77.5%

- rural

 

164 (adults)

20-90

84.7%

[96]

- urban

363

> 20

63.4%

[97]

- poor urban community

204

18-80

80%

[98]

Colombia (rural)

684

2-9

69%

[99]

China

    

- Southern China

1727

N/A

44.2%

[9]

- Hong Kong

397

36-65

58.6%

[100]

- Changle of Fujan

1456

 

80.4%

[100]

Egypt

    

- Alexandria (northern)

169 mothers

N/A

88%

 
 

169 children

< 1

13%

 
  

1.5

25%

[101]

- Cairo (central)

52

< 6

33%

 
 

56

> 6

60%

[102]

- Assiut (southern)

urban

N/A

87%

 
 

rural

N/A

40%

[103]

- poor urban area

schoolchildren

N/A

72.4%

[104]

India

238

3-70

79%

[13]

Mexico

11605

20-90

66%

[61]

Nepal (rural)

1142

4-93

56.8%

[69]

 

407

2 mo-12 yr

48%

[105]

Peru

104

0-17

50%

[70]

Russia

213

20-75

88%

[106]

- St. Petersburg 1995

307

2-19

44%

[18, 106]

- St. Petersburg 2005

370

2-19

13%

[18]

Saudi Arabia

557

5-10

40%

[107]

  

> 20

70%

 

Taiwan

823

1-40+

54%

[78]

Developed Countries1:

    

Australia (urban Melbourne)

273

19-47

23%

[32]

Denmark

3589

30-60

25.9%

[108]

Germany (western)

260

18-61

39.2%

[60]

Israel (rural)

377

30-90

72%

[109]

Japan

4361

19-69

30%

[110]

Netherlands

254 (employees)

11-89

27.2%

[111]

New Zealand

579 workers:

40-64

56%

 

- Europeans

190

 

35.8%

 

- Maori

195

 

57.4%

 

- Pacific Islanders

194

 

73.2%

[64]

Spain

332

> 18

43%

[112]

- mountain

1782

 

54%

 

- coastal

154

 

30%

 

South Korea

161

20-75

75%

[113]

Switzerland

176 natives

10-20

7.3%

[81]

 

20 immigrants

 

30%

 

United Kingdom

    

- England

267 (healthy)

> 18

41%

[114]

 

467 (all males)

18-65

37.5%

[115]

- Northern Ireland

4742

12-64

50.5%

[116]

- South Wales

1796

45-59

70%

[117]

United States

    

- South Carolina

938 army recruits

17-26

26%

 
 

324 blacks

 

44%

 
 

47 Hispanics

 

38%

 
 

536 whites

 

14%

[66]

- California

556

20-39

27%

[67]

- Texas

246 blacks

15-80

70%

 
 

239 whites

 

34%

[59]

  1. Examples of differences in H. pylori prevalence within and between countries, representing the developing and developed world.
  2. 1. The classification into developing or developed countries was retrieved from the United Nation Development Programme's Human Development Reports (URL: http://hdr.undp.org/en)
  3. 2. The number reported in the article was 179, which is likely a typographical error.
  4. N/A: Data not available or not applicable
Back to article page

Gut Pathogens

ISSN: 1757-4749