Researchers examined data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, an annual survey of a representative sample of U.S. adults conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The prevalence of cirrhosis was approximately 0.27 percent — around 633,323 adults. Previous estimates showed the number of cirrhosis patients to be about 400,000 adults.
Additionally, the study found that people with cirrhosis had a mortality rate of 26.4 percent during a two-year interval. Also, a quarter of people with cirrhosis reported they drank alcohol in excess during the prior year, and nearly half tested positive for the hepatitis C virus.
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