| 21. | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1.25 million Americans have chronic hepatitis B infections.
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| 22. | Cirrhosis has been reported to develop in 20 50 % of patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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| 23. | There is a lot of chronic hepatitis out there that cannot be explained by current tests,
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| 24. | Chronic hepatitis C afflicts nearly 4 million Americans, and worldwide, as many as 60 million people.
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| 25. | Chronic hepatitis B affects 1.2 million Americans.
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| 26. | Over time, a large number of people with chronic hepatitis B develop liver failure and liver cancer.
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| 27. | It is estimated that people with chronic hepatitis B die prematurely about 25 percent of the time.
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| 28. | People infected with chronic hepatitis C tend to be frequent users of the health care system globally.
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| 29. | The vast majority of people with chronic hepatitis C carry the virus indefinitely, apparently with few ill effects.
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| 30. | Four million Americans are estimated to have chronic hepatitis C, and 10, 000 die from it each year.
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