New Hepatitis C Infections
Data reported here is for acute HCV infections among individuals aged 18-40, which serves as a proxy for the rate of new HCV infections among people who inject drugs (PWID) per year, one of the primary HCV elimination metrics for New York State.
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NOTES
  • Data source: Hepatitis Elimination and Epidemiology Dataset (HEED), as of January 2023.
  • Data reported here is for acute HCV infections among individuals aged 18-40, which serves as a proxy for the rate of new HCV infections among people who inject drugs (PWID) per year, one of the primary HCV elimination metrics for New York State.
  • Annual targets are set based on achieving a linear 25% reduction in observed acute case rates from 2020 (baseline year) by 2025, and a linear 90% reduction in acute case rates from 2020 by 2030.
  • Targets only available for new infection rates per 100,000, not actual counts.
  • See Data Sources and Methodology for more information.