Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2024) Epidemiology of hepatitis C in Ireland: trends from 2004 to Q1 2024. Dublin: Health Service Executive.
External website: https://www.lenus.ie/handle/10147/642562
- In 2023, the hepatitis C notification rate was 10.4 per 100,000 (n=538), 12% increase in rate since 2022.
- Since the peak in 2007, and excluding the effect of the pandemic on rates, rates had been decreasing over time
- The notification rate in males was more than double that in females
- Highest age specific notification rate was in 35–54-year-olds, trends in age specific rates stable in recent years
- Rates were higher in Dublin and Northeast, Dublin and Midlands and Mid-West health regions
Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Report
Drug Type
Opioid
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
June 2024
Pages
26 p.
Publisher
Health Service Executive
Corporate Creators
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Place of Publication
Dublin
EndNote
Subjects
A Substance use and dependence > Prevalence
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Needle (sharing / injecting)
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > Hepatitis C (HCV)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and protective factors > Risk factors
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Identification and screening
T Demographic characteristics > Homosexual, gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender, LGBTQI
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Needle (sharing / injecting)
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > Hepatitis C (HCV)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and protective factors > Risk factors
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Identification and screening
T Demographic characteristics > Homosexual, gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender, LGBTQI
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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