This chapter is derived from data on cases of reportable diseases submitted to designated programs of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services responsible for their collection and maintenance. The New Jersey Sanitary Code and the New Jersey Administrative Code 8:57 require providing notification to the Department of Health and Senior Services of cases of selected communicable diseases. AIDS and AIDS-Related Complex (ARC) were added to the list of legally reportable diseases on October 6, 1986, under State Regulation 8:57-1.14. Effective May 21, 1990, State Regulation 8:57-2.1 was amended to omit ARC as a reportable condition, and to mandate anonymous reporting of HIV infections. In October, 1991, the regulations were again amended to mandate named reporting of HIV infections by providers and in April, 1992 revised to mandate laboratory reporting of HIV infections with identifiers.

AIDS and cases of HIV infection are reported to the HIV/AIDS Surveillance Program in the AIDS Epidemiological Services Unit within the Division of AIDS Prevention and Control. The Tuberculosis Control Program collects information on tuberculosis cases occurring in New Jersey through its monitoring and surveillance activities. Cases of syphilis and gonorrhea are reported to the Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Program. Data on selected vaccine-preventable childhood diseases are reported to the Vaccine Preventable Program and data on all other communicable diseases are reported to the Infectious and Zoonotic Program. These programs are coordinated by Communicable Disease Services within the Division of Communicable Diseases.

• Communicable Diseases
  
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
    
  • Tuberculosis
    
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    
  • Other Reportable Diseases
    

• Table C7 AIDS Cases by Mode of Transmission in Adolescents and Adults by Sex, New Jersey and the United States, Cumulative Cases through December 31, 1996
• Table C8 AIDS Cases in Adolescents and Adults by Sex and Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey and the United States, Cumulative Cases Reported through December 31, 1996
• Table C9 AIDS Incidence by County of Residence, Cases Diagnosed in New Jersey Residents in 1996 and Reported Through December 31, 1997
• Table C10 Verified Tuberculosis Cases by Age, Sex and Race New Jersey, 1996
• Table C11 Tuberculosis Incidence by County, New Jersey, 1996
• Table C12 Number and Rate of Gonorrhea, Chlamydia and Syphilis Cases by Stage by Age Group, New Jersey, 1996
• Table C13 Incidence of Syphilis by Stage, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea by County, New Jersey, 1996
• Table C14 Number and Rate of Viral Hepatitis Cases by Type, New Jersey, 1987-1996
• Table C15 Reportable Communicable Diseases by County, New Jersey, 1996
• Table C15a Reportable Communicable Disease Rates by County, New Jersey, 1996
• Table C16 Reportable Communicable Diseases by Age, New Jersey, 1996
• Table C17 Reportable Communicable Diseases by Month of Onset, New Jersey, 1996
• Table C18 Reportable Communicable Diseases by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 1996