Things you should know...

Liver disease facts include:

* 25 million Americans have liver disease

* 3.5 million have chronic Hepatitis C virus.

* Over 26,000 die each year from liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver

* Cirrhosis is the 7th leading disease related cause of death in the U.S

* 8,000 to 10,000 people die of Hepatitis C each year.

* This number is expected to rise to 38,000 by 2010.

* 5,000 people die each year of Hepatitis B.

* 200,000 are newly infected with Hepatitis B each year.

* 17,500 adults and children are waiting for a liver transplant in the U.S.