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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

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