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The 5-year survival rate for liver cancer is about 22%, while the life expectancy of someone with early-stage cirrhosis is about 9–12 years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Without treatment, up to 85% of people will have progression to chronic hepatitis C. If your doctor diagnoses acute hepatitis C, you may or may not need treatment. Current guidelines recommend testing again for the virus in six months. If your body has cleared the virus, no treatment is necessary.
Hepatitis C-associated deaths during 2020 increased 4% (3.45 deaths per 100,000 people), compared to 2019 (3.33 deaths per 100,000 people). The age-adjusted death rate for hepatitis C during 2020 decreased 22% from 2016 (4.42 deaths per 100,000 people).
Hepatitis C (HCV) is a viral infection. Prognosis tends to depend on how soon a person receives a diagnosis and whether or not complications develop. Learn more about life expectancy with HCV...
During 2022, 43 states and the District of Columbia reported a total of 93,805 newly identified chronic hepatitis C cases, corresponding to 40.2 chronic hepatitis C cases per 100,000 population. The age-adjusted death rate for hepatitis C during 2022 (2.89 deaths per 100,000 population) decreased 9% from 2021 (3.18 deaths per 100,000 population ...
During 2022, rates of acute hepatitis C were highest among males, persons ages 20–39 years, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons, and those living in the Eastern and Southeastern states.
The goal of treatment is to have no hepatitis C virus found in the body for at least 12 weeks after treatment ends. Some newer antiviral medicines, called direct-acting, have better outcomes, fewer side effects and shorter treatment times.