Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)2024-07-252024-07-252024-06http://hdl.handle.net/10147/642562▪ In 2023, the hepatitis C notification rate was 10.4 per 100,000 (n=538), 12% increase in rate since 2022. ▪ Since the peak in 2007, and excluding the effect of the pandemic on rates, rates had been decreasing over time ▪ The notification rate in males was more than double that in females ▪ Highest age specific notification rate was in 35–54-year-olds, trends in age specific rates stable in recent years ▪ Rates were higher in Dublin and Northeast, Dublin and Midlands and Mid-West health regionsenAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/EPIDEMIOLOGYpublic healthINFECTIOUS DISEASESHEPATITIS CReport