How Prevalent is HCV in the Population?

1980s
  - Average of 242,000 new
    infections occurred each year
    ( CDC)
1990 – Present
  - Annual number of new infections
    declined by 80% 36,000 in 1996
  - Over four million (4.8) people
    are infected in the US ( 1.8% of
    US population)
  - Only 1,000,000 (25%) of those
    infected know their status