This vaccine is unavailable and out-of-reach financially in rural Africa and Asia, which is why chronic hepatitis B rates remain stubbornly high and are projected to remain unchanged.

在非洲和亚洲的农村地区，这种疫苗是无法获得的，经济上也负担不起，这就是为什么慢性乙型肝炎患病率仍然居高不下，预计这种情况将保持不变。

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An estimated two billion people are infected with hepatitis B. the rates are highest in China and other parts of Asia.

全球预计有20亿人感染了乙肝。其中中国和亚洲其他地区的感染率最高。

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The strong correlations in Fig. 2, A and B, make a second important point: Although fertility and mortality rates tend to be lower in cities, the rates in urban and rural areas remain tied.

图2A和2B显示出这两者存在很大相关性，这说明了另一个很重要的问题：尽管城市的怀孕率和死亡率较低，但是城市和农村地区这两个比率紧密相关。

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