Did you know?
- Close to 1000 Australians die each year from hepatitis B and C related liver disease (1-in-4 in Victoria).
- Nationally, more than 6 million Australians suffer from chronic liver disease.
- Liver cancer largely caused by chronic viral hepatitis infection is the fastest increasing cause of cancer death in the country.
- 15,000 Australians are diagnosed with viral hepatitis each year – around the same number diagnosed with breast cancer.
