Viral Hepatitis Multimedia Resources
The high-resolution, public domain visuals below are available for use in your publication. This page will be updated as new media resources become available.
If you need more information about the data connected to the release, please click the more information button to find accompanying press releases, articles, and reports.
Data emphasize importance of new CDC hepatitis C screening recommendations for all adults.

New Reports of Chronic Hepatitis C High in Multiple Generations

Get tested. Get cured.
Nearly 2.4 million Americans – 1 percent of the adult population – were living with hepatitis C from 2013 through 2016, according to new CDC estimates. Data highlight urgent need to diagnose and cure more Americans and address rising infections due to opioid crisis.

Hepatitis C in the U.S., 2013-2016

New Hepatitis C Infections and the Opioid Crisis
CDC research that analyzes data from 2004-2014 suggests the recent steep increase in cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection is associated with increases in opioid injection.

Hepatitis C and Opioid Injection Rose Dramatically among White Americans from 2004-2014

Hepatitis C and Opioid Injection Rose Dramatically among Women from 2004-2014

Hepatitis C and Opioid Injection Rose Dramatically in Younger Americans from 2004-2014
Data show that the number of new hepatitis C infections reported to CDC nearly tripled from 2010-2015, reaching a 15-year high.

Hepatitis C Reported Cases, 2010-2015
An analysis of data from 2011-2014 highlights the importance of screening all pregnant women for risk of hepatitis C, and testing those at risk.

Illustration of the Hepatitis C Virus
An analysis of 2003-2013 data finds that hepatitis C-related deaths are at an all-time high. More Americans die as a result of hepatitis C infection than from the vast majority of other infectious diseases reported to the CDC combined.

Increasing Trend in HCV Mortality from 2003-2013