New York State Department of Health Chronic Hepatitis C Surveillance Summary 2004-2009

Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (cHCV) Registry Data - Excluding Inmates

This summary includes all confirmed chronic hepatitis C cases (excluding New York City) reported to the New York State Department of Health Chronic Hepatitis Disease Registry with a case year of 2004-2009 by Local Health Departments. The data presented in this summary should be interpreted with caution. These data do not represent incidence or prevalence of chronic hepatitis C in New York State. The data in the Chronic Hepatitis Disease Registry are dynamic: as new information becomes available for persons reported to the disease registry, the case information may change; the case status of the disease report may change based on new information or corrections to reported information. Therefore, year to year aggregate case counts and data elements may change over time. The data presented in this report are preliminary through December 31, 2010.

Table 1: Confirmed cHCV Statewide by Report Year

Report Year Case Count
2004 9146
2005 9802
2006 10590
2007 9375
2008 7912
2009 6584
TOTAL 53409

Table 2: Confirmed cHCV Statewide by Age Group and Gender*

Age Group Male Female Total
N % N % N %
< 1 4 0.01 6 0.04 10 0.02
1-4 11 0.03 17 0.10 28 0.05
5-9 13 0.03 15 0.09 28 0.05
10-14 22 0.06 26 0.16 48 0.09
15-19 169 0.46 212 1.27 381 0.72
20-29 2351 6.45 1523 9.12 3874 7.29
30-39 4207 11.53 2042 12.23 6249 11.75
40-49 12329 33.80 5296 31.72 17625 33.15
50-59 13783 37.79 5175 30.99 18958 35.66
> 60 3583 9.82 2385 14.28 5968 11.22
Total 36472 100 16697 100 53169 100
  • *Missing age or gender=240

Table 3: Confirmed cHCV Statewide by Race* (N=33251)

Race Case Count %
White 21022 63
Black 8705 26
American Indian/Alaskan 267 1
Asian/Pacific Islander 421 1
Other 2836 9
  • *N missing race=20192