Did You Know…? 

Every year, approximately 15,000 Americans die from liver cancer or chronic liver disease associated with viral hepatitis. Despite these statistics, viral hepatitis is not well known, in fact, as many as 75% of people with chronic viral hepatitis do not know that they are infected. Without knowing if they are infected, these individuals cannot receive lifesaving care and treatment.

• 3.5–5.3 million Americans are living with chronic (lifelong) viral hepatitis—hepatitis B or hepatitis C. Most of them do not know that they are infected, placing them at greater risk for severe, even fatal, complications from the disease and increasing the likelihood that they will spread the virus to others.
• A specific blood test is the only way to know if you have viral hepatitis.
• Hepatitis B and C viruses can cause chronic hepatitis, leading to cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer.
• Anyone can get hepatitis B or C, but some populations are disproportionately burdened with these infections, including African Americans; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; past and current injection drug users; persons born from 1945 to 1965; and men who have sex with men.

For more information about these events, please call

Florida Department of Health-Collier Naples:
3339 East Tamiami Trail
Government Center Bldg H Suite 151
239-252-8593

Marion E. Feather Medical Center:
1454 Madison Ave W, Immokalee; 239-658-3000

Florida Department of Health-Collier Immokalee:
419 North 1st St , Immokalee; 239-252-7300