Statistics

The statistics on Hepatitis C are alarming and the trend going to get worse before it gets better.

In the United States, over 4 million people are infected with Hepatitis C.

Statistics show that over the next 10 to 15 years, about 25% or 1 million people will develop serious liver damage. Statistics show that of that pool of 1 million infected Americans with serious liver damage, 25%, or 250,000 will need a liver transplant.

Today, only about 7000 liver transplants are performed each year.

CDC statistics estimate that 36,000 people are newly infected each year.

Statistics show the overall success rate the standard treatment is 50%.

Statistics show that 700,000 prison inmates are infected with Hepatitis C.

Statistics show that the rate of infection in the US prison population is 10 times the rate of the general population.

Statistics show that 4 times as many people are infected with Hepatitis C as there are with the AIDS virus.

Statistics show the total health costs associated with Hepatitis C in the U.S. at over 15 billion dollars a year.