Review Article

Hepatitis C Worldwide and in Brazil: Silent Epidemic—Data on Disease including Incidence, Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment

Table 2

Hepatitis C confirmed cases in Brazil according to the Ministry of Health [5].

RegionNumber of cases among the years
19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020111999–
2011

Brazil1883096322,0314,0217,1358,5729,2809,5179,93610,53410,3219,56582,041
North230193470681281002262682742301951,644
Northeast106341062083834263825496716377284,131
Southeast1101663631,4232,7915,1266,0736,6006,4306,5717,0956,5285,94655,222
South721112234009101,5301,7431,924 2,1052,2482,1432,5612,33718,307
Central-west32211401442032452303743003513653592,737