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Rates* of reported cases† of acute hepatitis C virus infection, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2005-2020
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Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
* Rates per 100,000 population.
† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see Acute Hepatitis C.
Compared with 2010, rates in 2020 were substantially higher among all racial/ethnicity categories; the most notable increases occurred among non-Hispanic Black persons, Hispanic persons, and non-Hispanic White persons.
During 2020, rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C ranged from a low of 0.4 cases per 100,000 population among Asian/Pacific Islander persons to a high of 2.1 cases per 100,000 population among American Indian/Alaska Native persons.
From 2019 to 2020, rates increased in all race/ethnicity categories, except among American Indian/Alaska Native persons where a large drop was observed; however, the relatively smaller number of cases reported among these race/ethnicity categories can result in wider fluctuations in annual rates.
- 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