PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A - USA (40): (KY, WV)

Hepatitis A -- United States
Number of cases 1109
Demographics
Age range: 12-82
Median age: 37
Male: 666 (60.1 percent)
Hospitalizations: 588 (53 percent)
Deaths: 2
Risk factors
Co-infection with hepatitis C (information available for 951 cases): 584 (61.4 percent)
Co-infection with hepatitis B (information available for 951 cases): 108 (11.4 percent)
Reports illicit drug use (information available for 928 cases): 727 (78.3 percent)
Homeless: 132 (11.9 percent)
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