Rates* of reported cases† of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
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Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
* Rates per 100,000 population.
† Reported cases that met the classification criteria for a confirmed case. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis C.
The state-specific rates of reported acute hepatitis C varied throughout the country during 2020. The states in the lowest rate category of 0.0-0.3 cases per 100,000 population include (in increasing order) New Mexico, California, Idaho, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, and Virginia. The states in the highest rate category of 2.4-11.9 cases per 100,000 population include (in increasing rate order) Tennessee, Kentucky, Utah, Indiana, Delaware, West Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, and Maine. Aside from Utah (3.2 cases per 100,000 population), the states with the highest rates of acute hepatitis C are located in the eastern and southern parts of the country, particularly in or near the Appalachian region.
- Figure 3.1. Number of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection and estimated infections — United States, 2013-2020
- Figure 3.2. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2019-2020
- Figure 3.3. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
- Figure 3.4. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by age group — United States, 2005-2020
- Figure 3.5. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by sex — United States, 2005-2020
- Figure 3.6. Rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2005-2020
- Figure 3.7. Availability of information on risk behaviors or exposures associated with reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection — United States, 2020
- Figure 3.8. Number of newly reported chronic hepatitis C virus infection cases by sex and age — United States, 2020
- Figure 3.9. Rates of death with hepatitis C virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
- Table 3.1. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2016-2020
- Table 3.2. Numbers and rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States 2016-2020
- Table 3.3. Reported risk behaviors or exposures among reported cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection — United States, 2020
- Table 3.4. Number of newly reported cases of perinatal hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
- Table 3.5. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2020
- Table 3.6. Number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2020
- Table 3.7. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis C listed as a cause of death among residents, by state or jurisdiction — United States, 2016-2020
- Table 3.8. Numbers and rates of deaths with hepatitis C virus infection listed as a cause of death among residents, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2016-2020