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The CIA Report
The Global Infectious Disease Threat
and Its Implications for the United States HCV infection = four times higher rate of infection than HIV in Sub Saharan Africa. http://www.who.int/docstore/bulletin/pdf/issue10/kane.pdf
Hepatitis C Virus
Infection Common Among US Veterans Hepatitis C and the
VA- from Representative Christopher Shays
Detection of hepatitis C virus antibody and RNA in hemostatic gauze used for dentistry. WHO World Prevalence Map Hepatitis C world-wide infection rates USA Stats: The National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. (NACHC) There are approximately 30,000 cases of acute hepatitis C each year in the U.S. Around 55 percent to 85 percent of people who are exposed to the virus become chronically infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the number of deaths from end-stage liver disease in the U.S. alone will reach 30,000 to 40,000 annually by the year 2010.
report for congress and National institutes of health Consensus Statement 1998 & 2002. 1995 First time death rate announce for HCV, June 1, 1995 An estimated 3.5 million people in the United States have chronic hepatitis C. Each year, 8000 to 10,000 chronically infected patients die of liver-related complications, and 1000 undergo liver transplantation1 . Terrault N, Wright T. Interferon and hepatitis C. N Engl J Med 1995;332:1509-11. [Free Full Text] (and Alter M: personal communication) 1998 Congressional Research Service Report for Congress states. "Annual deaths from chronic liver disease caused by hepatitis C could triple in the next 10 to 20 years if effective therapies are not found. NIH has initiated research to develop a preventive vaccine and improved drug therapies, and new efforts are underway to identify and educate those already infected." 1998 National Institutes of Health (NIH) state; Incidence, Prevalence, and Epidemiology of HCV Infection .....An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 deaths each year result from HCV-associated chronic liver disease. Without intervention, that number could triple in the next 10 to 20 years.(7) 7. Management of Hepatitis C . NIH Consensus Statement. 1998 2002 NIH Consensus Development Conference. Management of Hepatitis C: http://consensus.nih.gov/cons/116/116cdc_intro.htm. .... Data from death certificates suggest that there are 10,000 to 12,000 deaths yearly in the United States due to hepatitis C, but these may be underestimates. FIVE MILLION AMERICANS INFECTED WITH THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS: A CORRECTED ESTIMATE AASLD Nov 2005 …of these, approximately 3.4 million are currently infected (chronic HCV)…. Background: The number of
persons in the United States who have been
infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been
estimated at 3.9 million, including 2.7 million
currently infected. These estimates were derived
from the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES), however, which
excludes Methods: Using data from the U.S. Census, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the published medical literature, we estimated the number of persons in five populations groups excluded from the NHANES sampling frame and the prevalence of HCV antibodies in each: incarcerated persons, homeless persons, hospitalized persons, active duty military, and nursing home residents. We used the NHANES estimate for the proportion of antibody-positive persons who are currently infected (73.9%). Results: An estimated 800,000 to 1,200,000 persons excluded from the NHANES sampling frame have HCV antibody, of whom 733,000 (592,000 to 868,000) are currently infected. Conclusions: The number of U.S. residents who have been infected with HCV is probably 800,000 to 1,200,000 higher than the 3.9 million NHANES estimate, or approximately five million. Of these, approximately 3.4 million are currently infected.
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