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HCV 101: Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus in the United States

From Brown Medical School

June 2004

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The following table is adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's HCV Web-based training course "Hepatitis C: What Clinicians and Other Health Professionals Need to Know." The text is based upon the Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-related Chronic Disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR 1998; 47 [No. RR-19]).


Table 1. Estimated Average Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection in the United States by Various Characteristics and Estimated Prevalence of Persons With These Characteristics in the Population
  HCV-Infection Prevalence Prevalence of Persons With Characteristic, %
% (range, %)  
Persons with hemophilia treated with products made before 1987 87 (74-90) <0.01
Injecting drug users
   current
   history of prior use
79
No Data
(72-86)
--
0.5
5
Persons with abnormal alanine aminotransferase levels 15 (10-18) 5
Chronic hemodialysis patients 10 (0-64) 0.1
Persons with multiple
sex partners (lifetime)
   >50
   10-49
   2-9

9
3
2

(6-16)
(3-4)
(1-2)

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4
22
52
Persons reporting a history of sexually transmitted diseases 6 (1-10) 17
Persons receiving blood transfusions before 1990 6 (5-9) 6
Infants born to infected mothers 5 (0-25) 0.1
Men who have sex with men 4 (2-18) 5
General population 1.8 (1.5-2.3) NA*
Healthcare workers 1 (1-2) 9
Pregnant women 1 -- 1.5
Military personnel 0.3 (0.2-0.4) 0.5
Volunteer blood donors 0.16 -- 5
* Not applicable

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This article was provided by Brown Medical School. It is a part of the publication HEPP Report.
 
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