Epidemiological Characteristics of Chronic Viral Hepatitis in Kazakhstan: Data from Unified Nationwide Electronic Healthcare System 2014-2019.

During the 2014-2019 period, prevalence, incidence and mortality from chronic HBV and HCV infections increased. Despite the disproportionately higher infection rate among females with chronic viral hepatitis, all-cause mortality was more than two-fold higher among males. Higher death rates in Russian ethnic group compared to other ethnicities need to be evaluated in further studies for other confounding factors and associated comorbidities in this group.