Hepatitis C - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2023

Surveillance and monitoring
Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
Time period covered: This report is based on 2023 data retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 5 February 2025.
Cite:

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Hepatitis C. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for
2023. Stockholm: ECDC; 2025.

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In 2023, 28 622 cases of hepatitis C were reported in 29 EU/EEA countries, corresponding to a crude rate of 7.4 cases per 100 000 population. Of the cases reported, 4.9% were acute, 34.1% chronic, and 53.8% were unknown. Seven percent could not be classified due to an incompatible data format.