During January 2017–March 2020, an estimated 0.9% of U.S. adults aged ≥18 years had current hepatitis C virus infection. The percentage of adults with current hepatitis C virus infection was greater among those with no insurance (1.7%) or public insurance (1.4%), compared with those with private insurance (0.3%).
Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, January 2017–March 2020. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/continuousnhanes/default.aspx?cycle=2017-2020
Footnotes
Abbreviation: NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
With 95% CIs indicated by error bars.
Based on a representative sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population. NHANES data collection was halted in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collected during January 2019–March 2020 were combined with data from the 2017–2018 NHANES to form a nationally representative sample of NHANES January 2017–March 2020 prepandemic data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02-190.pdf
Current hepatitis C virus infection was based on the detection of viral RNA in serum. During January 2017– March 2020 an estimated 2.2 million U.S. adults aged ≥18 years were infected with hepatitis C virus.
The public insurance category includes adults who reported having Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap, Children’s Health Insurance Program, state-sponsored or other government health plans. Private insurance includes adults who did not report having any public insurance but did have some form of private insurance.