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Hepatitis C in New Mexico
- Estimated number is greater than 32,000
- Less than 5% have been treated
- Without treatment 8,000 patients will develop cirrhosis between 2010-2015 with several thousand deaths
- 1978 prisoners diagnosed in corrections system (expected number is greater than 2400)—None treated
- Highest rate of chronic liver disease/cirrhosis deaths in the nation
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