Hepatitis B

What research knows about hepatitis B comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

240 million

People living with chronic hepatitis B infection worldwide in 2024

source

New diagnoses

One every 35 seconds

900,000 a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 300 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind hepatitis B

HBV DNA, quantitative HBsAg and HBeAg status on tenofovir
Repeated lab results
before starting, at 12, 24 and 48 weeks, then every 6 months
guideline
Annual transient elastography (liver stiffness scan) for adults not on antiviral treatment
Scan reports
annual
guideline
Liver ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein surveillance for liver cancer
Scan reports
6-monthly
guideline
Full blood count, liver and renal function, and phosphate on tenofovir
Repeated lab results
before starting, at 4 weeks, then every 3 months
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$72

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $72 to $829

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Repeated lab resultsx6$1.01how
Scan reportsx3$6.72how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

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Hepatitis B

What research knows about hepatitis B comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

240 million

People living with chronic hepatitis B infection worldwide in 2024

source

New diagnoses

One every 35 seconds

900,000 a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 300 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind hepatitis B

HBV DNA, quantitative HBsAg and HBeAg status on tenofovir
Repeated lab results
before starting, at 12, 24 and 48 weeks, then every 6 months
guideline
Annual transient elastography (liver stiffness scan) for adults not on antiviral treatment
Scan reports
annual
guideline
Liver ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein surveillance for liver cancer
Scan reports
6-monthly
guideline
Full blood count, liver and renal function, and phosphate on tenofovir
Repeated lab results
before starting, at 4 weeks, then every 3 months
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$72

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $72 to $829

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Repeated lab resultsx6$1.01how
Scan reportsx3$6.72how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about hepatitis B All conditions