HCV infection affects 2-3% of the global population, 130-170 million individuals with chronic infection.

The prevalence of infection among pregnant women varies from 0.2 to 15%, depending on the geographic region, and the rate of transmission from the parent to the foetus varies between 3-10%.

At European level, in 2014, there were 35,321 cases of hepatitis C, the incidence being of 8.8 cases in 100,000 inhabitants.

Between 2006-2014 the number of reported cases increased by 27.8%.

In Romania, 104 cases of infection (84 cases of acute infection and 20 chronic infection) were identified in the year 2014, seeing a slight decrease in the number compared to previous years (2013-126 cases, 2012-127 cases).

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