Table 3.6 – Chronic Hepatitis C: Case Rates by Demographics

Key points

During 2023, rates of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C were highest among persons aged 30–39 years, males, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native persons, persons living in rural areas, and in US Department of Health and Human Services Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas).
CDC 2023 Hepatitis C Surveillance Report

Number and rate* of newly reported cases† of chronic hepatitis C, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2023

The number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C, by demographic characteristics. The first column lists the demographic characteristics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, urbanicity, and US Department of Health and Human Services region). The second column provides the number of newly reported chronic hepatitis C cases, and the third column provides rates, expressed as reported cases per 100,000 population, for each demographic category during 2023.
Characteristics No. Rate*
Total§ 101,525 36.2
Age (years)
0–19 688 1.0
20–29 10,610 29.2
30–39 27,671 72.1
40–49 21,009 60.5
50–59 16,776 48.3
≥60 24,610 35.8
Sex
Male 66,797 48.2
Female 34,332 24.2
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic 1,918 99.4
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 969 5.3
Black, non-Hispanic 9,738 27.5
White, non-Hispanic 50,604 30.0
Hispanic 5,742 11.7
Other 4,641 n/a
Urbanicity
Urban 78,664 33.0
Rural 21,197 55.3
HHS region**
Region 1: Boston 6,533 43.1
Region 2: New York 6,195 21.5
Region 3: Philadelphia 12,580 40.1
Region 4: Atlanta 25,552 47.2
Region 5: Chicago 13,784 26.1
Region 6: Dallas 11,821 85.6
Region 7: Kansas City 5,178 36.2
Region 8: Denver 4,290 33.7
Region 9: San Francisco 10,993 26.1
Region 10: Seattle 4,599 31.2
Table 3.6 Data
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Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

* Rates per 100,000 population.

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

§ Numbers reported in each category may not add up to the total number of reported cases in a year due to cases with missing data.

¶ Urbanicity was categorized according to the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) urban-rural classification scheme for counties and county-equivalent entities. Large central metro, large fringe metro, medium metro, and small metro counties were grouped as urban. Micropolitan and noncore counties were grouped as rural.

** US Department of Health and Human Services regions were categorized according to the grouping of states and US territories assigned under each of the 10 Health and Human Services regional offices. For the purposes of this report, regions with US territories (Region 2 and Region 9) contain data from states only.

n/a: Not applicable. Rate cannot be calculated due to lack of corresponding denominator.

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