Figure 3.1. Number of reported acute hepatitis C virus infection cases and estimated infections* — United States, 2012–2019
Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
*The number of estimated viral hepatitis infections was determined by multiplying the number of reported cases that met the classification criteria for a confirmed case by a factor that adjusted for underascertainment and underreporting. The 95% bootstrap confidence intervals for the estimated number of infections are displayed in the Appendix.
Source: Klevens RM, Liu, S, Roberts H, et al. Estimating acute viral hepatitis infections from nationally reported cases. Am J Public Health 2014;104:482. PMC3953761
*The number of estimated viral hepatitis infections was determined by multiplying the number of reported cases that met the classification criteria for a confirmed case by a factor that adjusted for underascertainment and underreporting. The 95% bootstrap confidence intervals for the estimated number of infections are displayed in the Appendix.
Source: Klevens RM, Liu, S, Roberts H, et al. Estimating acute viral hepatitis infections from nationally reported cases. Am J Public Health 2014;104:482. PMC3953761
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The number of acute hepatitis C cases reported in the United States increased every year during 2012–2019. During 2019, a total of 4,136 acute cases were reported, corresponding to 57,500 estimated infections after adjusting for case underascertainment and underreporting. The number of cases reported during 2019 corresponded to a 14% increase from the 3,621 cases reported during 2018, and a 133% increase from the 1,778 cases reported during 2012.
Hepatitis C Figures and Tables
- 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
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