Table 1.

Estimates of the absolute number and % of viraemic HCV individuals in Italy according to fibrosis stage and macro area

Macroarea/fibrosis stage	Absolute number and 95% CI	Prevalence (%) and 95% CI (%)	Proportion (%)
Total	409,184 (325,007–494,591)	0.68 (0.54–0.82)
Total F0–F3	300,171 (239,306–365,317)	0.50 (0.4–0.6)	100
Total F4	109,012 (84,886–135,012)	0.18 (0.14–0.22)	100
Macro regions
North
F0–F3	126,376 (100,711–153,938)	0.45 (0.36–0.55)	42.1
F4	27,999 (20,654–35,542)	0.10 (0.07–0.13)	25.7
Central
F0–F3	72,453 (57,742–88,048)	0.61 (0.48–0.74)	24.1
F4	34,637 (27,160–42,360)	0.29 (0.23–0.35)	31.8
South
F0–F3	69,540 (55,450–84,629)	0.50 (0.4–0.61)	23.2
F4	33,799 (26,606–41,515)	0.24 (0.19–0.3)	31.0
Isles
F0–F3	31,802 (25,304–38,522)	0.49 (0.39–0.59)	10.6
F4	12,578 (9,809–15,614)	0.19 (0.15–0.24)	11.5

Fibrosis stages: F0–F3 = asymptomatic; undiagnosed/unlinked to care and F4 = symptomatic; potentially linked to care and cure

CI confidence intervals