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

Table 1

Worldwide prevalence of hepatitis C virus.

Region	Prevalence of HCV
Africa [9, 10]
Sub-Saharan Africa	2.2% (0.1%–13.8%)
Central Africa	6%
West Africa	2.4%
Southern and East Africa	1.6%
Americas [11–13, 15]
North America
Canada	0.7%
United States	1.3%
Latin America
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, and Venezuela	1.4–2.5%
Asia and Oceania [2, 16, 22–27]
South Asia
India	3.4%
Southeast Asia
Vietnam	2–2.9%
East Asia
Taiwan	4.4%
China	1–1.9%
Australasia (Australia and New Zealand)	2.7%
Melanesia,Micronesia,and Polynesia regions	2.6%
Eastern Mediterranean [10, 16, 17]
Egypt	15%
Pakistan	4.9%
Europe [21]
Central Europe
Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, and Hungary	≤0.5%
Romania	≥3%
Western Europe
France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK	≤0.5%
Rural areas in Greece and in Italy	≥3%
Eastern Europe
Russia	≤0.5%
Parts of Russia	≥3%