Figure 3.2. Rates* of reported acute hepatitis C† virus infections, by state — United States, 2018–2019
![Figure 3.2. The graph shows the distribution of rates of acute hepatitis C by state or jurisdiction, for 2018 and 2019, sorted from the highest to lowest rate for 2019. The U.S. rate in 2019 was 1.3 cases per 100,000 population. Indiana and West Virginia had the highest rates of reported acute hepatitis C in 2019.](/hepatitis/statistics/2019surveillance/images/Fig3.2.png?_=14186)
* Rates per 100,000 population.
† Reported cases that met the classification criteria for a confirmed case. For the case definition, see https://ndc.services.cdc.gov/conditions/hepatitis-c-acute/.
During 2019, the rates of reported acute hepatitis C ranged from a high of 4.8 cases per 100,000 population in Indiana to a low of 0.2 cases per 100,000 population in Connecticut, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Texas. The largest increase in rates was observed in Arkansas, with a rate during 2019 (1.9 cases per 100,000 population) >6 times the rate reported during 2018 (0.3 cases per 100,000 population). In contrast, the largest decrease was observed in Wyoming, where the rate decreased 77% during 2019, compared with 2018. Because of varying resources for conducting viral hepatitis surveillance and the relatively smaller number of acute hepatitis C cases reported in certain jurisdictions, wide fluctuations in annual rates might occur.
- Figure 3.1. Number of reported acute hepatitis C virus infection cases and estimated infections — United States, 2012–2019
- Figure 3.2. Rates of reported acute hepatitis C virus infections, by state — United States, 2018–2019
- Figure 3.3. Rates of reported acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2019
- Figure 3.4. Rates of reported acute hepatitis C virus infection, by age group — United States, 2004–2019
- Figure 3.5. Rates of reported acute hepatitis C virus infection, by sex — United States, 2004–2019
- Figure 3.6. Rates of reported acute hepatitis C virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2004–2019
- Figure 3.7. Availability of information regarding risk behaviors or exposures associated with reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection — United States, 2019
- Figure 3.8. Number of newly reported chronic hepatitis C virus infection cases, by sex and age — United States, 2019
- Figure 3.9. Rates of death with hepatitis C virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by jurisdiction — United States, 2019
- Table 3.1. Number and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2015–2019
- Table 3.2. Number and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C, by demographic characteristics — United States 2015–2019
- Table 3.3. Reported risk behaviors or exposures among reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection — United States, 2019
- Table 3.4. Number of newly reported cases of perinatal hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2019
- Table 3.5. Number and rates of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2019
- Table 3.6. Number and rates of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2019
- Table 3.7. Number and rates of deaths with hepatitis C listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2015–2019
- Table 3.8. Number and rates of deaths with hepatitis C virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2015–2019