Viral Hepatitis (Data are for U.S. for year indicated) Morbidity Number of new hepatitis A cases: 4,488 (2005) New hepatitis A cases per 100,000 population: 1.5 (2005) Number of new hepatitis B cases: 5,119 (2005) New hepatitis B cases per 100,000 population: 1.8 (2005) Source: Health, United States: 2007, Table 51 Mortality Number of deaths: 5,529 Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.9 Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables 10, 11
More data Data Brief from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Related links National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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