Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
December 26, 2024, 11:30:29 am

Login with username, password and session length


Members
  • Total Members: 6315
  • Latest: DRG
Stats
  • Total Posts: 55137
  • Total Topics: 4855
  • Online Today: 724
  • Online Ever: 3061
  • (September 25, 2024, 11:40:40 pm)
Users Online
Users: 0
Guests: 248
Total: 248

Welcome

Welcome to the Hep Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people who have Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis B, C or a co-infection, their friends and family and others with questions about hepatitis and liver health. Check in frequently to read what others have to say, post your comments, and hopefully learn more about how you can reach your own health goals.

Privacy Warning: Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.
  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.
  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.
  • Product advertisement (including links); banners; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from the Hep Forum Moderators.
Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.

Author Topic: Hep C-Related Deaths Have Officially Surpassed HIV in the U.S.  (Read 6172 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Hep Editors

  • Member
  • Posts: 784
    • Hep Mag
Hep C-Related Deaths Have Officially Surpassed HIV in the U.S.
« on: October 22, 2015, 01:12:19 pm »
Researchers recently examined the death rates among the more than 12,000 members of the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) between 2007 and 2013. 

According to the study, this population’s death rate rose from 2.3 percent per year in 2007 to about 5.5 percent per year in 2013.

However, just 19 percent of the 1,600 CHeCS members who died between 2007 and 2013 had hep C listed on their death certificates. This is despite the fact that more than three-quarters of them had evidence of liver disease before they died.

The researchers used this discrepancy to project that more than 75,000 Americans may have died of hep C-related causes in 2013.

For more information: http://www.hepmag.com/articles/death_rate_2501_27928.shtml

 


© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.