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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 22;71(5):1149–1160. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz976

Table 2.

Percent Distribution and Death Rate Associated With Hepatitis C Virus Infection

United States
Region 1: Boston
Region 2: New York
Region 3: Philadelphia
Category Rate (95% CI)a %b Rate (95% CI)a %b Rate (95% CI)a %b Rate (95% CI)a %b
Overall 4.13 (4.07–4.20) ... 2.97 (2.72–3.21) ... 2.76 (2.59–2.93) ... 3.53 (3.35–3.72) ...
Sex
 Male 6.12 (6.01–6.23) 71.2 4.56 (4.12–5.00) 73.3 4.11 (3.81–4.41) 70.1 5.43 (5.10–5.76) 74.7
 Female 2.32 (2.26–2.39) 28.8 1.55 (1.30–1.80) 26.7 1.58 (1.40–1.76) 29.9 1.82 (1.62–2.01) 25.3
Race/ethnicity
 Non-H White 3.70 (3.63–3.78) 63.0 2.52 (2.27–2.77) 71.3 1.91 (1.73–2.09) 46.3 2.82 (2.61–3.02) 58.2
 Non-H Black 7.03 (6.79–7.28) 19.1 7.85 (6.18–9.82) 13.3 5.73 (5.05–6.42) 27.8 8.11 (7.40–8.82) 36.6
 Hispanic 5.29 (5.08–5.51) 14.0 6.38 (4.99–8.05) 12.9 4.92 (4.28–5.56) 23.6 3.17 (2.31–4.26) 3.4
 Non-H API 1.86 (1.67–2.05) 2.2 2.33 (1.20–4.07) 2.2 .80 (.50–1.23) 2.2 1.54 (.91–2.43) 1.4
 Non-H AIAN 10.24 (9.04–11.44) 1.7 ... ... ... ... ... ...
Year of birth
 Before 1945 6.52 (6.21–6.83) 9.8 4.11 (3.00–5.21) 8.8 6.75 (5.71–7.78) 15.5 4.97 (4.11–5.83) 9.0
 1945–1965 16.90 (16.62–17.19) 78.6 11.74 (10.68–12.81) 77.9 10.88 (10.12–11.64) 75.6 14.27 (13.44–15.10) 79.0
 After 1965 .91 (.87–.95) 11.6 .84 (.66–1.02) 13.3 .48 (.38–.58) 8.8 .86 (.73–.99) 12.1
Category Region 4: Atlanta
Region 5: Chicago
Region 6: Dallas
Region 7: Kansas City
Rate (95% CI)a %b Rate (95% CI)a %b Rate (95% CI)a %b Rate (95% CI)a %b

Overall 4.03 (3.89–4.16) ... 2.63 (2.51–2.75) ... 6.54 (6.31–6.77) ... 3.24 (2.97–3.51)
Sex
 Male 5.93 (5.69–6.17) 71.0 3.85 (3.63–4.06) 71.7 9.72 (9.32–10.13) 72.0 4.68 (4.22–5.14) 71.0
 Female 2.32 (2.18–2.47) 29.0 1.48 (1.34–1.61) 28.3 3.59 (3.35–3.83) 28.0 1.85 (1.56–2.13) 29.0
Race/ethnicity
 Non-H White 4.35 (4.17–4.53) 72.6 2.16 (2.04–2.29) 67.3 6.23 (5.93–6.53) 56.7 2.82 (2.55–3.09) 76.4
 Non-H Black 4.52 (4.18–4.86) 20.9 7.13 (6.48–7.78) 26.1 9.36 (8.58–10.15) 18.5 8.78 (7.03–10.53) 17.3
 Hispanic 2.41 (2.05–2.78) 5.0 2.44 (1.87–3.12) 3.7 6.48 (5.97–6.98) 21.1 3.29 (1.98–5.14) 3.4
 Non-H API 1.77 (1.15–2.62) .8 1.66 (1.05–2.50) 1.4 3.51 (2.53–4.74) 1.5
 Non-H AIAN 5.12 (3.03–8.09) .6 8.83 (5.82–12.85) 1.5 9.31 (7.20–11.84) 2.2
Year of birth
 Before 1945 4.62 (4.06–5.18) 7.6 3.52 (2.96–4.08) 8.2 9.86 (8.70–11.03) 8.7 3.62 (2.54–4.70) 7.3
 1945–1965 16.18 (15.57–16.78) 78.7 11.32 (10.75–11.89) 82.2 26.36 (25.32–27.40) 77.9 13.67 (12.45–14.90) 81.3
Category Region 8: Denver
Region 9: San Francisco
Region 10: Seattle
Rate (95% CI)a %b Rate (95% CI)a %b Rate (95% CI)a %b

Overall 4.38 (4.02–4.73) ... 5.37 (5.19–5.56) ... 6.38 (6.01–6.76) ...
Sex
 Male 5.75 (5.17–6.32) 65.5 7.86 (7.54–8.19) 70.2 9.20 (8.56–9.84) 70.7
 Female 3.02 (2.60–3.44) 34.5 3.08 (2.88–3.27) 29.8 3.69 (3.29–4.10) 29.3
Race/ethnicity
 Non-H White 3.30 (2.97–3.64) 65.1 5.14 (4.89–5.39) 52.4 6.31 (5.90–6.72) 83.2
 Non-H Black 18.75 (13.83–24.86) 8.7 11.16 (10.01–12.30) 11.6 15.68 (11.91–20.27) 5.3
 Hispanic 8.49 (6.82–10.15) 17.5 6.57 (6.14–7.01) 28.6 6.04 (4.50–7.95) 5.2
 Non-H API 4.27 (2.05–7.86) 1.8 1.82 (1.54–2.10) 5.1 2.87 (1.89–4.17) 2.4
 Non-H AIAN 17.33 (12.44–23.52) 6.9 13.43 (10.52–16.88) 2.3 14.31 (10.31–19.34) 3.9
Year of birth
 Before 1945 6.25 (4.52–7.98) 8.1 12.34 (11.22–13.46) 14.0 9.00 (7.18–10.81) 8.0
 1945–1965 17.78 (16.20–19.37) 78.7 21.63 (20.79–22.47) 76.7 27.50 (25.76–29.24) 81.8
 After 1965 .96 (.75–1.17) 13.2 .87 (.78–.97) 9.3 1.25 (1.03–1.48) 10.2

Data are shown by DHHS Region of Residence, United States, 2017. The region of a decedent’s residence was categorized according to the grouping of states assigned under each of the 10 US DHHS regional offices that serve state and local organizations. Data Source: 2017 US multiple cause-of-death data, National Vital Statistics System.

Abbreviations: AIAN, American Indian/Alaska Native; API, Asian/Pacific Islander; CI, confidence interval; DHHS, US Department of Health and Human Services; HCV, hepatitis C virus; NH, non-Hispanic.

a

Rates are per 100 000 population. HCV-associated death rates for overall, sex, and race/ethnicity were adjusted to the age distribution of the 2000 US standard population.

b

Excluding missing values.