Death Statistics for Types of Hepatitis C

Deaths and Hepatitis C:

This section presents information about the death rate statistics for the various types of Hepatitis C.

Disease	Death Rate Estimate	US deaths estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Hepatitis C (overall)	approx 1 in 34,000 or 0.00% or 8,000 people in USA	8,000	estimated 2 to 5 million HCV chronic carriers
Acute Hepatitis C	N/A	N/A	No information
Chronic Hepatitis C	approx 1 in 68 or 1.47% or 4 million people in USA	Almost 4 million Americans have antibodies indicating infection or prior exposure (NIDDK).	Almost 4 million Americans have antibodies indicating infection or prior exposure (NIDDK).

estimated 8,000 to 10,000 deaths annually from Chronic HepC in USA (NIDDK)

approx 1 in 34,000 or 0.00% or 8,000 people in USA

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For more information about types of Hepatitis C, refer to our section on types of Hepatitis C. See also more information on death information for Hepatitis C.

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