CLIPBOARD : Notifiable Diseases Report
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Each week the Orange County Public Health Department reports to the state the incidence of various notifiable diseases in the county. The following table details a selection of these illnesses for April, the most recent month for which information is available:
NUMBER OF CASES 1991 1990 Year to Date April Year to Year to % Change Disease 1991 Date Date 1990-91 Acquired immune deficiency 31 147 165 -10.9 syndrome (AIDS) Campylobacter 20 74 81 -8.6 Chlamydial infections 243 1,016 639 +58.9 Lapse of consciousness 123 530 735 -27.9 (non-alcohol related) Giardiasis 49 158 173 -8.7 Gonococcal infection 65 298 430 -30.7 Hepatitis A 29 116 108 +7.4 Hepatitis B 47 195 172 +13.4 Measles 61 226 169 +33.7 Meningitis 11 63 64 -1.6 Non-specific urethritis 202 769 929 -17.2 Salmonellosis 21 83 68 +22.1 Shigellosis 16 70 53 +32.1 Syphilis 28 149 152 -1.9 Tuberculosis 20 82 87 -5.7 TOTAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASES* 1,207 5,040 5,132 -1.8
* Includes diseases other than those shown above
Source: Orange County Public Health Department, “Reported Cases of Specified Notifiable Diseases,” for April, 1991.
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