Hepatitis Surveillance and Reporting
Surveillance is the ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data for the purposes of planning, implementing and evaluating public health programs. The goals of viral hepatitis surveillance are to measure the burden of disease; determine risk factors; identify outbreaks; monitor trends; evaluate control measures, interventions and programs; and identify infected persons for medical referral, education and counseling.
Case Reports
Annual reports on the number of cases and rates per 100,000 population of hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C by county and by age group can be found at Communicable Disease Annual Reports.
Case Definitions
- Acute Hepatitis A
- Acute Hepatitis B
- Acute Hepatitis C
- Chronic Hepatitis B
- Chronic Hepatitis C
- Perinatal Hepatitis B
- Perinatal Hepatitis C
Surveillance Guidelines
- New York State Department of Health Communicable Disease Reporting Requirements (PDF)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Screening and Testing Recommendations for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Testing Recommendations for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
- Laboratory Reporting Guidelines 2020, New York State Department of Health (PDF)
Questions or comments
- Questions about hepatitis A should be sent to bcdc@health.ny.gov.
- Questions about hepatitis B and hepatitis C should be sent to HepBC.Surveillance@health.ny.gov.
- Questions about perinatal hepatitis B should be sent to immunize@health.ny.gov.
