Figure 3.6 ¨C Acute Hepatitis C: Case Rates by Race/Ethnicity

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In 2023, rates of reported cases of acute hepatitis C ranged from a low of 0.4 per 100,000 population among non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander persons to a high of 3.5 per 100,000 population among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native persons. From 2022–2023, rates increased in all racial and ethnic groups except non-Hispanic White persons.
CDC 2023 Hepatitis C Surveillance Report

Rates* of reported cases† of acute hepatitis C, by race/ethnicity — United States, 2008–2023

Figure 3.6 Data
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Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

* Rates per 100,000 population. Beginning in 2021, single-race population estimates are used for rate calculations. For prior years, bridged-race population estimates are used. When comparing the 2021 rates by race/ethnicity to prior years, differences may be due to the change in denominator and should be interpreted with caution (see Technical Notes).

† Reported confirmed cases. For the case definition, see .

Fluctuations in annual rates may result, in part, from the relatively smaller number of cases reported among some race and ethnicity categories and a change from using bridged-race (2020 and prior) to single-race (2021 and after) population estimates as denominators for rate calculations (see Technical Notes).

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