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==Prevalence== It is estimated that between 130-200 million people worldwide have a hepatitis C infection, occurring most commonly in Africa and Central and East Asia.<ref name="WHO2015" /> In 2013, hepatitis C was the cause of around 358,000 deaths due to cirrhosis and 343,000 deaths due to liver cancer.<ref name="GBD204">{{citation | last1 = GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death | first1 = Collaborators | title = Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990β2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.|journal=Lancet | date = 17 December 2014|pmid=25530442|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2|volume=385|issue=9963|pages=117β71|pmc=4340604}}</ref>
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