IHME GBD Hepatitis C Global Cause-Specific Mortality Estimates
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Coverage type
Global
Time period covered
January, 1980 - present
Data type
Modeled data
Summary
IHME cause-specific mortality estimates for acute hepatitis C, liver cancer due to hepatitis C, and cirrhosis due to hepatitis C are combined and used as an input to a hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) seroprevalence model in DisMod. The DisMod model is ultimately used to estimate acute hepatitis C disease prevalence and incidence.
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). IHME GBD Hepatitis C Global Cause-Specific Mortality Estimates.