Fig. 1

Estimated Prevalence Rate and Rate Ratios of Chronic HCV Infection by Sex, US States and District of Columbia, 2010a,b. Abbreviations: HCV RNA, hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid; RR, rate ratio. aDefined as persons with HCV RNA. bUsing estimates of the non-institutionalized population from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year dataset. *Coefficient of variation is ≥ 23%; estimate is unreliable