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Out of the estimated three million chronically infected stated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an estimated 2,250,000 had this disease for over 20 years. A projected 20%, or 450,000 veterans, are expected to develop cirrhosis. 90,000 are expected to develop cancer NOW.
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NIH Consensus Statements Management of Hepatitis C: 2002 June 10-12, 2002 Vol. 19, No. 1 FINAL STATEMENT August 27,2002 HCV is the most common chronic blood-borne infection develop cirrhosis 20 years after initial infection as high as 20 to 30 percent in middle-aged subjects http://consensus.nih.gov/cons/116/116cdc_intro.htm National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Twenty percent of patients develop cirrhosis within 10 to 20 years of the onset of infection Liver failure from chronic hepatitis C is one of the most common reasons for liver transplants in the United States. Hepatitis C is the cause of about half of cases of primary liver cancer in the developed world. http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/chrnhepc/chrnhepc.htm
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National Vital Statistics Vol 49 No 11 Deaths: Leading
Causes for 1999- by Robert N. Anderson, Ph.D. Division
of Vital Statistics Table 1 page 15 all races and
both sexes, ages 25–34 years is the tenth leading causes
of death. For age 45–54, the sixth leading cause of
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