Table 4 Predicted prevalence of H.pylori infection in Japanese population by birth year from 1908 to 2003.

From: Changing trends in the prevalence of H. pylori infection in Japan (1908–2003): a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of 170,752 individuals

Birth Year

Predicted Prevalence

95% Confidence Intervals

1908

59.7%

54.3%

64.9%

1909

60.3%

55.3%

65.1%

1910

60.9%

56.3%

65.4%

1911

61.5%

57.3%

65.6%

1912

62.1%

58.2%

65.8%

1913

62.7%

59.1%

66.1%

1914

63.2%

60.0%

66.3%

1915

63.7%

60.8%

66.6%

1916

64.2%

61.5%

66.8%

1917

64.7%

62.2%

67.1%

1918

65.1%

62.8%

67.4%

1919

65.6%

63.4%

67.6%

1920

65.9%

63.9%

67.9%

1921

66.3%

64.4%

68.2%

1922

66.6%

64.7%

68.4%

1923

66.9%

65.1%

68.6%

1924

67.1%

65.3%

68.8%

1925

67.3%

65.6%

68.9%

1926

67.4%

65.7%

69.0%

1927

67.5%

65.9%

69.0%

1928

67.5%

66.0%

69.0%

1929

67.5%

66.0%

68.8%

1930

67.4%

66.0%

68.7%

1931

67.3%

66.0%

68.5%

1932

67.1%

65.9%

68.3%

1933

66.9%

65.7%

68.0%

1934

66.6%

65.5%

67.7%

1935

66.3%

65.2%

67.4%

1936

65.9%

64.8%

67.0%

1937

65.5%

64.4%

66.6%

1938

65.1%

64.0%

66.1%

1939

64.6%

63.5%

65.6%

1940

64.1%

63.1%

65.1%

1941

63.6%

62.5%

64.5%

1942

63.0%

62.0%

64.0%

1943

62.5%

61.5%

63.4%

1944

61.9%

60.9%

62.9%

1945

61.4%

60.4%

62.4%

1946

60.8%

59.8%

61.9%

1947

60.4%

59.3%

61.4%

1948

59.9%

58.9%

60.9%

1949

59.5%

58.5%

60.4%

1950

59.1%

58.2%

60.0%

1951

58.6%

57.8%

59.5%

1952

57.2%

56.5%

57.8%

1953

56.6%

55.9%

57.2%

1954

55.8%

55.2%

56.4%

1955

55.0%

54.5%

55.5%

1956

54.0%

53.6%

54.5%

1957

53.0%

52.6%

53.3%

1958

51.8%

51.5%

52.0%

1959

50.5%

50.4%

50.5%

1960

49.1%

49.0%

49.2%

1961

47.7%

47.4%

47.9%

1962

46.2%

45.8%

46.6%

1963

44.7%

44.2%

45.2%

1964

43.2%

42.6%

43.8%

1965

41.7%

41.0%

42.4%

1966

40.3%

39.6%

41.0%

1967

38.9%

38.1%

39.6%

1968

37.5%

36.7%

38.3%

1969

36.2%

35.4%

37.0%

1970

34.9%

34.0%

35.8%

1971

33.7%

32.7%

34.6%

1972

32.5%

31.4%

33.5%

1973

31.3%

30.2%

32.5%

1974

30.3%

29.1%

31.4%

1975

29.2%

28.0%

30.4%

1976

28.2%

27.1%

29.4%

1977

27.3%

26.1%

28.5%

1978

26.4%

25.2%

27.5%

1979

25.5%

24.4%

26.6%

1980

24.6%

23.5%

25.8%

1981

23.7%

22.5%

25.0%

1982

22.9%

21.6%

24.1%

1983

22.0%

20.7%

23.3%

1984

21.1%

19.7%

22.5%

1985

20.2%

18.8%

21.7%

1986

19.3%

17.8%

20.8%

1987

18.3%

16.9%

19.9%

1988

17.4%

15.9%

19.0%

1989

16.5%

14.9%

18.2%

1990

15.6%

14.0%

17.3%

1991

14.7%

13.0%

16.5%

1992

13.8%

12.1%

15.7%

1993

13.0%

11.3%

14.9%

1994

12.2%

10.4%

14.1%

1995

11.4%

9.7%

13.4%

1996

10.7%

8.9%

12.7%

1997

8.1%

6.4%

10.2%

1998

7.6%

5.8%

9.8%

1999

7.0%

5.3%

9.3%

2000

6.6%

4.8%

8.9%

2001

6.1%

4.3%

8.5%

2002

5.7%

3.9%

8.2%

2003

5.3%

3.5%

7.8%