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Increase the proportion of adults who no longer have hepatitis — IID‑14

Status: Improving

  
Improving
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Most Recent Data:
57.8 percent (2017-20)

Target:
80.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
42.8 percent of adults aged 18 years and over who were ever infected with hepatitis C had cleared the infection in 2013-16 1

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Increase the proportion of adults who have cleared hepatitis C infection

Target-Setting Method
Maintain consistency with national programs, regulations, policies, or laws

Data Source:  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS

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Summary

New treatments can cure hepatitis C in most people. When chronic hepatitis C isn’t treated, it can cause liver disease, cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death. Making sure people get the treatment they need is key to helping more people recover from hepatitis C.

Topics:  Infectious Disease, Sexually Transmitted Infections

Workgroup: Immunization and Infectious Diseases Workgroup

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1. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.