Table 4.2 Clinical characteristics of reported cases of acute, hepatitis C* ― United States, 2009

Clinical characteristic
Availability of valid data† for clinical characteristic
Cases with clinical characteristic§
No.
%
No.
%
Jaundice
546
69.9
408
74.7
Hospitalized for hepatitis C
527
67.5
296
56.2
Died from hepatitis C
448
57.4
2
0.4

*A total of 781 hepatitis C cases were reported during 2009.
†Case reports for which questions regarding clinical characteristics were answered with “yes” or “no.” Reports with any other response were excluded.
§Numbers and percentages represent only those case reports for which data regarding clinical characteristics were available; numbers likely are underestimates.