Table 1. The estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) of the age standardized prevalence rate (ASR) of acute hepatitis C, cirrhosis, and other chronic liver diseases due to hepatitis C, liver cancer due to hepatitis C, and total HCV infections from 1990 to 2017 by region.
| Characteristics | EAPCs of ASR (95%CI) | |||
| Acute hepatitis C | Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases due to hepatitis C | Liver cancer due to hepatitis C | Total HCV infections | |
| Global | −0.62(−0.65 to −0.59) | −0.67(−0.70 to −0.64) | 0.87(0.80 to 0.94) | −0.67(−0.70 to −0.64) |
| Socio–Demographic Index | ||||
| Low | −0.57(−0.64 to −0.50) | −0.79(−0.83 to −0.76) | −0.63(−0.67 to −0.59) | −0.79(−0.82 to −0.76) |
| Low–middle | −0.59(−0.61 to −0.56) | −0.87(−0.93 to −0.82) | 0.64(0.57 to 0.71) | −0.87(−0.92 to −0.82) |
| Middle | −0.89(−0.93 to −0.86) | −0.94(−0.98 to −0.90) | 0.19(−0.01 to 0.38) | −0.94(−0.98 to −0.89) |
| High−middle | −0.78(−0.82 to −0.73) | −0.61(−0.67 to −0.56) | 1.24(0.94 to 1.53) | −0.61(−0.67 to −0.55) |
| High | −1.04(−1.12 to −0.97) | −0.71(−0.76 to −0.67) | 1.34(1.13 to 1.55) | −0.71(−0.75 to −0.66) |
| Global Burden of Disease Region | ||||
| High−income Asia Pacific | −1.51(−1.64 to −1.38) | −1.01(−1.06 to −0.97) | −0.57(−0.75 to −0.38) | −1.01(−1.05 to −0.96) |
| Central Asia | −0.34(−0.46 to −0.23) | −0.63(−0.74 to −0.52) | 0.17(0.08 to 0.26) | −0.63(−0.74 to −0.52) |
| East Asia | −0.66(−0.75 to −0.57) | −0.67(−0.74 to −0.6) | 0.85(0.56 to 1.13) | −0.67(−0.74 to −0.59) |
| South Asia | −0.68(−0.75 to −0.61) | −1.04(−1.14 to −0.94) | 1.16(1.12 to 1.20) | −1.04(−1.14 to −0.94) |
| Southeast Asia | −0.77(−0.79 to −0.75) | −0.84(−0.86 to −0.82) | 0.09(0.00 to 0.18) | −0.84(−0.86 to −0.82) |
| Australasia | −0.30(−0.36 to −0.24) | −0.51(−0.57 to −0.44) | 4.66(4.24 to 5.08) | −0.50(−0.56 to −0.44) |
| Caribbean | −1.07(−1.10 to −1.03) | −1.00(−1.05 to −0.95) | −0.51(−0.63 to −0.39) | −1.00(−1.05 to −0.95) |
| Central Europe | −0.74(−0.87 to −0.61) | −0.96(−1.02 to −0.90) | 0.57(0.40 to 0.74) | −0.96(−1.02 to −0.90) |
| Eastern Europe | 0.65(0.45 to 0.86) | 0.78(0.56 to 1.00) | −0.18(−0.32 to −0.04) | 0.78(0.56 to 0.99) |
| Western Europe | −1.33(−1.44 to −1.23) | −1.06(−1.13 to −0.98) | 2.38(2.02 to 2.73) | −1.04(−1.12 to −0.97) |
| Andean Latin America | −0.51(−0.54 to −0.47) | −0.69(−0.73 to −0.65) | 0.27(0.11 to 0.44) | −0.69(−0.72 to −0.65) |
| Central Latin America | −0.94(−1.01 to −0.86) | −0.63(−0.66 to −0.60) | −0.63(−0.70 to −0.57) | −0.63(−0.66 to −0.60) |
| Southern Latin America | −0.86(−0.93 to −0.78) | −0.65(−0.71 to −0.59) | −0.40(−0.52 to −0.29) | −0.65(−0.71 to −0.59) |
| Tropical Latin America | −0.48(−0.64 to −0.32) | −0.48(−0.69 to −0.27) | 0.00(−0.17 to 0.17) | −0.48(−0.69 to −0.27) |
| North Africa and Middle East | −1.08(−1.12 to −1.03) | −1.34(−1.43 to −1.26) | 1.10(0.91 to 1.29) | −1.34(−1.42 to −1.25) |
| High−income North America | 0.01(−0.08 to 0.11) | −0.19(−0.34 to −0.05) | 4.47(3.99 to 4.95) | −0.18(−0.32 to −0.03) |
| Oceania | −0.30(−0.39 to −0.21) | −0.32(−0.38 to −0.25) | 0.32(0.27 to 0.38) | −0.32(−0.38 to −0.25) |
| Central Sub−Saharan Africa | −0.64(−0.89 to −0.40) | −0.70(−0.88 to −0.52) | −1.22(−1.40 to −1.04) | −0.70(−0.88 to −0.52) |
| Eastern Sub−Saharan Africa | −0.85(−0.95 to −0.74) | −0.77(−0.87 to −0.68) | −0.83(−0.95 to −0.72) | −0.77(−0.87 to −0.68) |
| Southern Sub−Saharan Africa | −0.90(−1.08 to −0.72) | −0.96(−1.12 to −0.79) | −0.94(−1.41 to −0.47) | −0.96(−1.12 to −0.79) |
| Western Sub−Saharan Africa | −0.99(−1.07 to −0.92) | −1.07(−1.11 to −1.02) | −1.17(−1.2 to −1.14) | −1.07(−1.11 to −1.02) |