1. Young People Newly Diagnosed with Hepatitis C in New York City
Angelica Bocour, MPH
Viral Hepatitis Program

2. Number and Rate of Persons Newly Reported with Chronic Hepatitis C in New York City, 2005-2015
This slide is showing the number and rate of persons newly reported with chronic hepatitis C in NYC from The orange bars represent the number of diagnoses and the line shows the rate per 100,000 people. The number and rate has been decreasing since 2007, however we see an increase from 2013, around the time the CDC (2012) and USPSTF (2013) recommendations to screen baby boomers and the 2014 NYS testing law.

3. People Newly Reported with Chronic Hepatitis C in New York City by Age, Sex, and Diagnosis Year
Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Communicable Disease, Viral Hepatitis Program, Maven
Data as of November 23, 2016, generated December 8, 2016

5. People Newly Reported with Chronic Hepatitis C by Age Group, 2015
Number
Percentage of each group
Rate per 100,000 people
Age at first report
0-19 90
1.2
4.5
20-29
796
10.9
56.4
30-39
1,151
15.7
86.4
40-49
1,136
15.5
100.9
50-59
1,859
25.4
171.5
60-69
1,660
22.7
205.8
70-79
447
6.1
100.0
80+
189
2.6
64.4
Year of Birth
592
8.1
86.7
3,638
49.7
186.7
2,032
27.7
94.5
1,066
14.6
28.7

6. Chronic Hepatitis C Rates by United Hospital Fund Neighborhood, 2011-2015
These maps show the rates for youth and baby boomers with the dark purple representing neighborhoods with higher rates. Rates are much higher for baby boomers than for youth.
Neighborhoods with high rates of hep C differ between youth and baby boomers: southern Brooklyn, central-western Queens, southeastern Manhattan, parts of Staten Island have high rates among youth but not boomers
Staten Island: reports of increasing prescription opioid abuse, heroin use, and overdose deaths

8. 18 to 29 Year Olds Newly Reported with HCV by Zip Code: > 200% increase 2015-2016

9. Next Steps
Use SaTScan to identify spatio-temporal clusters among young people years old (starting 2017)
Collaborate with others in DOHMH working with young people and opioid use (e.g., Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment, School Health)
Collaborate with external partners via Youth Prevention Workgroup established by NYC Hep C Task Force
Thoughts?