{"id":449861,"date":"2021-03-03T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=449861"},"modified":"2021-03-03T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:48:10","slug":"hepvu-launches-county-level-hepatitis-c-related-mortality-data-and-maps-visualizing-hepatitis-cs-impact-on-americans-at-the-local-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/hepvu-launches-county-level-hepatitis-c-related-mortality-data-and-maps-visualizing-hepatitis-cs-impact-on-americans-at-the-local-level\/","title":{"rendered":"HepVu Launches County-Level Hepatitis C-Related Mortality Data and Maps Visualizing Hepatitis C\u2019s Impact on Americans at the Local-Level"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nResearch from Emory University models Hepatitis C-related deaths at the county-level, visualizing disparities across age and region for the first-time
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ATLANTA, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, HepVu<\/a> released new interactive maps<\/a> visualizing U.S. county-level Hepatitis C-related mortality, illustrating how factors such as age and geographic region affect health outcomes. Published in\u00a0Hepatology<\/em><\/a>, the data demonstrate that Hepatitis C-related mortality has been decreasing across the U.S. since 2013. However, 1 in 5 counties saw an increase in Hepatitis C-related death rates between 2013 and 2017. Further, in 2017 the highest rates of Hepatitis C-related mortality were primarily concentrated in the West, Southwest, Appalachia and northern Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cHepatitis C surveillance is critical to identifying areas that need interventions and expanded services,\u201d said Heather Bradley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Georgia State University\u2019s School of Public Health and Project Director for HepVu. \u201cThis research aims to begin filling the gap in Hepatitis C surveillance across the U.S., and to visualize the epidemic and its burden distribution across states\u2013and now counties\u2013better informing public health decision-making and resource allocation for monitoring, prevention and care services.\u201d<\/p>\n

In recent years, there have been shifts in the epidemiological nature of the Hepatitis C epidemic, including the advancement in treatment options and changes in public health strategies toward elimination, all of which impact Hepatitis C-related mortality at the national- and local-levels. Although these results do not replace the need for a comprehensive and cohesive viral hepatitis surveillance system, these more granular data on Hepatitis C-related mortality provide an important metric for understanding the evolution of the Hepatitis C epidemic.<\/p>\n

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