Post by Chang Sha on Aug 24, 2010 13:30:48 GMT -5
* Chinese Americans are 6x higher at risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis B than Caucasian Americans.
* Korean Americans are 8x higher at risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis B than Caucasian Americans.
* Vietnamese Americans are 13x higher at risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis B than Caucasian Americans.
* CDC projects that each 1 million high risk adults vaccinated would save up to $100 million in future direct medical costs through preventing 50,000 new Hepatitis B infections, 1,000-3,000 chronic hepatitis B infections, and 150-450 deaths from cirrhosis and liver cancer.
* Worldwide, more than two billion people (1 out of 3 people) have been infected with hepatitis B and approximately 350 to 400 million people have developed chronic infection.
* About one million people die each year from hepatitis B and its complications
* In the United States, more than 12 million people (1 out of 20 people) have been infected with hepatitis B, and approximately 1.25 million people have developed chronic infection. Each year approximately 100,000 new people become infected with the disease and more than 5,000 Americans die from hepatitis B-related liver complications, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
* It is estimated that one U.S. health care worker dies each day from hepatitis B.
* About 5 to 10 percent of hepatitis B-infected adults will develop chronic infection.
* More than half a million people worldwide die each year from primary liver cancer, and up to 80 percent of liver cancers are due to hepatitis B.
* Of hepatitis-B infected adults, about 40 percent will show no signs of symptoms.
As Published in hepbinitiative.org/statistics.html
* Korean Americans are 8x higher at risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis B than Caucasian Americans.
* Vietnamese Americans are 13x higher at risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis B than Caucasian Americans.
* CDC projects that each 1 million high risk adults vaccinated would save up to $100 million in future direct medical costs through preventing 50,000 new Hepatitis B infections, 1,000-3,000 chronic hepatitis B infections, and 150-450 deaths from cirrhosis and liver cancer.
* Worldwide, more than two billion people (1 out of 3 people) have been infected with hepatitis B and approximately 350 to 400 million people have developed chronic infection.
* About one million people die each year from hepatitis B and its complications
* In the United States, more than 12 million people (1 out of 20 people) have been infected with hepatitis B, and approximately 1.25 million people have developed chronic infection. Each year approximately 100,000 new people become infected with the disease and more than 5,000 Americans die from hepatitis B-related liver complications, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
* It is estimated that one U.S. health care worker dies each day from hepatitis B.
* About 5 to 10 percent of hepatitis B-infected adults will develop chronic infection.
* More than half a million people worldwide die each year from primary liver cancer, and up to 80 percent of liver cancers are due to hepatitis B.
* Of hepatitis-B infected adults, about 40 percent will show no signs of symptoms.
As Published in hepbinitiative.org/statistics.html