Figure 3.6 – Acute Hepatitis C: Case Rates by Race/Ethnicity

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In 2023, rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C ranged from a low of 0.4 per 100,000 population among non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander persons to a high of 3.5 per 100,000 population among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native persons. From 2022–2023, rates increased in all racial and ethnic groups except non-Hispanic White persons.
CDC 2023 Hepatitis C Surveillance Report

Rates* of reported cases† of acute hepatitis C, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2008–2023

Figure 3.6 Data
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Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

* Rates per 100,000 population. Beginning in 2021, single-race population estimates are used for rate calculations. For prior years, bridged-race population estimates are used. When comparing the 2021 rates by race/ethnicity to prior years, differences may be due to the change in denominator and should be interpreted with caution (see Technical Notes).

† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis C.

Fluctuations in annual rates may result, in part, from the relatively smaller number of cases reported among some race and ethnicity categories and a change from using bridged-race (2020 and prior) to single-race (2021 and after) population estimates as denominators for rate calculations (see Technical Notes).

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