New Jersey has the 5th highest number of adult HIV cases, the 3rd highest number of pediatric HIV cases and the highest proportion of women living with HIV/AIDS in the nation. Furthermore, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 80 percent of injection drug users nationally are infected with hepatitis C. It is estimated that over 160,000 New Jerseyans are infected with the hepatitis C virus. Because not everyone who is carrying the virus knows they are infected, they often lose valuable time in getting treatment and unknowingly pass the virus on to others.