Hepatitis C - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2021

Surveillance and monitoring
Time period covered: This report is based on 2021 data retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 7 December 2022.
Cite:

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Hepatitis C. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2021. Stockholm: ECDC; 2022.

In 2021, 14 560 cases of hepatitis C were reported in 29 EU/EEA Member States. Excluding countries that only reported acute cases the number of cases (14 550 cases) corresponds to a crude rate of 4.1 cases per 100 000 population.