Other Reportable Diseases

New Jersey laws require reporting of cases of specified communicable diseases to the Department of Health. One or more cases of 38 different communicable diseases were reported in 1996 (Table C15) (Division of Communicable Diseases, 1998c). Several of these reportable diseases had increases in their incidence and rates from 1995 levels. The number of giardiasis and campylobacteriosis cases each increased by more than 100 over the year. The number of Lyme disease cases continued to increase, to 2,190 reported cases in 1996, a 28.6 percent increase over 1995.

The total number of shigellosis cases reported in 1996 decreased substantially from 1995 levels, from 1,038 to 434. This represents a decrease of 58.2 percent. Reported cases of salmonella also declined with 154 fewer cases in 1996 than in 1995 (Table C6).

There was again a decrease in the number of measles cases in 1996, with only three cases reported (all indigenous). This represents the lowest number of reported cases for any year since 1916. Eighteen of New Jersey's counties reported no cases of measles in 1996 (Table C15).

Distribution of reported cases of communicable diseases and their rates are presented by county of residence in Tables C15 and C15A. Cases of reportable communicable diseases by age, month of onset and race/ethnicity can be found in Tables C16 through C18.

TABLE C6. REPORTED CASES AND RATES* OF SELECTED VACCINE-PREVENTABLE AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES NEW JERSEY, 1993-1996
DISEASE	1993		1994		1995		1996
	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
AMEBIASIS	16	0.2	25	0.3	22	0.3	41	0.5
CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS	595	7.6	720	9.1	675	8.5	792	9.9
GIARDIASIS	615	7.8	634	8.0	711	8.9	908	11.4
HEPATITIS A	295	3.8	306	3.9	312	3.9	394	4.9
HEPATITIS B	407	5.2	410	5.2	368	4.6	279	3.5
LEGIONELLOSIS	33	0.4	49	0.6	33	0.4	15	0.2
LYME DISEASE	786	10.0	1,532	19.4	1,703	21.4	2,190	27.4
MEASLES (RUBEOLA)	12	0.2	175	2.2	8	0.1	3	0.0
MUMPS	18	0.2	13	0.2	21	0.3	4	0.1
SALMONELLA	1,209	15.4	1,160	14.7	1,734	21.8	1,580	19.8
SHIGELLOSIS	346	4.4	522	6.6	1,038	13.1	434	5.4
TYPHOID FEVER	18	0.2	25	0.3	27	0.3	40	0.5
YERSINIOSIS	43	0.5	45	0.6	34	0.4	28	0.4
*RATES ARE COMPUTED PER 100,000 POPULATION SOURCE: NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES DIVISION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES