Table 4.4 Reported cases of laboratory-confirmed, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, by sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and case criteria — Emerging Infections Program (EIP) Enhanced Viral Hepatitis Surveillance, 2009

Category
CO
No. (%)
CT
No. (%)
MN
No. (%)
NM
No. (%)
NY
State
No. (%)
NY
City
No. (%)
San
Francisco
No. (%)
Total
No. (%)
Sex
Female
1,146 (33.6) 1,246 (33.3) 629 (32.5) 809 (27.3) 2,535 (32.4) 3,889 (35.9) 689 (30.6) 10,943 (33.2)
Male
2,257 (66.1) 2,495 (66.7) 1,262 (65.1) 2,152 (72.7) 5,273 (67.4) 6,901 (63.6) 1,527 (67.9) 21,867 (66.5)
Missing/
Unknown*
13 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 46 (2.4) 1 (0.0) 13 (0.2) 56 (0.5) 34 (1.5) 163 (0.5)
Race/Ethnicity
American Indian/
Alaska Native
38 (1.1) 5 (0.1) 93 (4.8) 48 (1.6) 37 (0.5) 1 (0.0) 15 (0.7) 237 (0.7)
Asian/Pacific
Islander
19 (0.6) 36 (1.0) 34 (1.8) 6 (0.2) 78 (1.0) 118 (1.1) 94 (4.2) 385 (1.2)
Black,
non-Hispanic
191 (5.6) 412 (11.0) 278 (14.4) 9 (0.3) 1,103 (14.1) 1,291 (11.9) 488 (21.7) 3,772 (11.4)
White,
non-Hispanic
1,143 (33.5) 1,510 (40.4) 863 (44.6) 290 (9.8) 3,002 (38.4) 638 (5.9) 690 (30.7) 8,136 (24.7)
Hispanic
372 (10.9) 564 (15.1) 46 (2.4) 402 (13.6) 788 (10.1) 455 (4.2) 159 (7.1) 2,786 (8.4)
Other
12 (0.4) 9 (0.2) 12 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 73 (0.9) 209 (1.9) 28 (1.2) 343 (1.0)
Missing/
Unknown
1,641 (48.0) 1,205 (32.2) 611 (31.5) 2,207 (74.5) 2,740 (35.0) 8,134 (75.0) 776 (34.5) 17,314 (52.5)
Age group (yrs)
0-14
10 (0.3) 6 (0.2) 14 (0.7) 5 (0.2) 13 (0.2) 74 (0.7) 7 (0.3) 129 (0.4)
15-24
95 (2.8) 161 (4.3) 62 (3.2) 288 (9.7) 316 (4.0) 313 (2.9) 33 (1.5) 1,268 (3.8)
25-39
716 (21.0) 746 (20.0) 292 (15.1) 1,032 (34.8) 1,262 (16.1) 1,925 (17.8) 301 (13.4) 6,274 (19.0)
40-54
1,642 (48.1) 1,756 (46.9) 978 (50.0) 1,146 (38.7) 3,518 (45.0) 4,207 (38.8) 987 (43.9) 14,234 (43.2)
≥55
946 (27.7) 1,072 (28.7) 587 (30.3) 490 (16.5) 2,702 (34.6) 4,327 (39.9) 920 (40.9) 11,044 (33.5)
Missing*
7 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 4 (0.2) 1 (0.0) 10 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1) 24 (0.1)
Case criteria§
Anti-HCV and
supplemental
test
222 (6.5) 178 (4.8) 251 (13.0) 883 (11.3) 1,005 (9.3) 7 (0.3) 2,546 (7.7)
RIBA
375 (11.0) 317 (8.5) 451 (23.3) U 1,106 (14.1) 1,680 (15.5) 33 (1.5) 3,962 (12.0)
HCV RNA
1,812 (53.0) 983 (26.3) 1,366 (70.5) U 5,108 (65.3) 4,592 (42.3) 1,470 (65.3) 15,331 (46.5)
Genotype
935 (27.4) 80 (2.1) 556 (28.7) U 839 (10.7) 2,222 (20.5) 613 (27.2) 5,245 (15.9)
Anti-HCV and
s/co ratio
1,632 (47.8) 2,797 (74.8) 693 (35.8) U 4,468 (57.1) 8,440 (77.8) 1,297 (57.6) 19,327 (58.6)
Total new
reported cases
3,416 3,741 1,937 2,962 7,821 10,846 2,250 32,973
Estimated 2009
population
5,024,748 3,518,288 5,266,214 2,009,671 4,265,336 8,391,881 815,358 29,291,486
Rate¶
68.0 106.3 36.8 147.4 183.4 129.2 276.0 112.6

*”Missing” refers to case reports for which data are absent, whereas “unknown” refers to case reports for which an attempt was made to capture this information, but no valid response was provided.
†More than one laboratory result can accompany each case report.
§U=No data available for reporting.
¶Rate per 100,000 population.