Viral Hepatitis (Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses) Morbidity Number of new hepatitis A cases: 10,609 (2001) New hepatitis A cases per 100,000 population: 3.8 (2001) Number of new hepatitis B cases: 7,843 (2001) New hepatitis B cases per 100,000 population: 2.8 (2001) Source: Health, United States: 2003, table 52 Mortality Number of deaths: 5,793 (2002) Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.0 (2002) Source: Deaths: Final data for 2002 Related links National Center for Infectious Diseases National Center for HIV, STDs, and TB Prevention National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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