Saturday, October 30, 2010

Blacks bare a large proportion of the burden of hepatitis C in the United States compared with Caucasians and the overall general population

According to data compiled from 1999 to 2002, one in seven African American men between the ages of 50 and 59 in the United States is living with hepatitis C. Not only do blacks have a greater prevalence of hepatitis C than whites but also a historically lower cure rate for the disease.

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