Table 3.6 ¨C Chronic Hepatitis C: Case Rates by Demographics

Key points

During 2023, rates of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C were highest among persons aged 30–39 years, males, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native persons, persons living in rural areas, and in US Department of Health and Human Services Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas).
CDC 2023 Hepatitis C Surveillance Report

Number and rate* of newly reported cases† of chronic hepatitis C, by demographic characteristics — United States, 2023

The number and rate of newly reported cases of chronic hepatitis C, by demographic characteristics. The first column lists the demographic characteristics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, urbanicity, and US Department of Health and Human Services region). The second column provides the number of newly reported chronic hepatitis C cases, and the third column provides rates, expressed as reported cases per 100,000 population, for each demographic category during 2023.
Characteristics No. Rate*
Total§ 101,525 36.2
Age (years)
0–19 688 1.0
20–29 10,610 29.2
30–39 27,671 72.1
40–49 21,009 60.5
50–59 16,776 48.3
≥60 24,610 35.8
Sex
Male 66,797 48.2
Female 34,332 24.2
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic 1,918 99.4
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 969 5.3
Black, non-Hispanic 9,738 27.5
White, non-Hispanic 50,604 30.0
Hispanic 5,742 11.7
Other 4,641 n/a
Urbanicity
Urban 78,664 33.0
Rural 21,197 55.3
HHS region**
Region 1: Boston 6,533 43.1
Region 2: New York 6,195 21.5
Region 3: Philadelphia 12,580 40.1
Region 4: Atlanta 25,552 47.2
Region 5: Chicago 13,784 26.1
Region 6: Dallas 11,821 85.6
Region 7: Kansas City 5,178 36.2
Region 8: Denver 4,290 33.7
Region 9: San Francisco 10,993 26.1
Region 10: Seattle 4,599 31.2
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Source: CDC, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

* Rates per 100,000 population.

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

§ Numbers reported in each category may not add up to the total number of reported cases in a year due to cases with missing data.

¶ Urbanicity was categorized according to the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) urban-rural classification scheme for counties and county-equivalent entities. Large central metro, large fringe metro, medium metro, and small metro counties were grouped as urban. Micropolitan and noncore counties were grouped as rural.

** US Department of Health and Human Services regions were categorized according to the grouping of states and US territories assigned under each of the 10 . For the purposes of this report, regions with US territories (Region 2 and Region 9) contain data from states only.

n/a: Not applicable. Rate cannot be calculated due to lack of corresponding denominator.

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