Brown Medical School
HCV 101: Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus in the United States
June 2004
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) |
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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