Reduce the rate of deaths with hepatitis C as a cause — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Improving

Most Recent Data:
3.18 deaths with hepatitis C as the underlying or contributing cause per 100,000 population (2021) *

Target:
1.44 per 100,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
4.13 deaths with hepatitis C as the underlying or contributing cause per 100,000 population were reported in 2017 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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**Deaths with hepatitis C as the underlying or contributing cause**, **2017**-**2021** ^*
(deaths with hepatitis C as the underlying or contributing cause per 100,000 population)
Population	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	4.13 SE 0.032	3.72 SE 0.030	3.33 SE 0.029	3.45 SE 0.029	3.18 SE 0.028

Data Sources: National Vital Statistics System - Mortality (NVSS-M), CDC/NCHS ; Population Estimates, Census

Deaths with hepatitis C as the underlying or contributing cause by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

*: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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