Table 4.2 Clinical characteristics of reported cases of acute, hepatitis C* ― United States, 2011

Clinical characteristic
Availability of valid data† for clinical characteristic
Cases with clinical characteristic§
No.
%
No.
%
Jaundice
861
70.1
585
67.9
Hospitalized for hepatitis C
822
66.9
446
54.3
Died from hepatitis C
715
58.2
1
0.1

*A total of 1,229 hepatitis C cases were reported during 2011.
†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.