Morbidity
Communicable Diseases
Other Reportable Diseases
New Jersey
laws require reporting of cases of specified communicable diseases to
the Department of Health. One or more cases of 39
different communicable diseases were reported in 1997 (Table C15 and
C18) (Communicable Disease Service, 1999c). Several of these reportable
diseases had decreases in their incidence and rates from 1996 levels.
The number of campylobacteriosis and Lyme disease cases each decreased
by more than 100 during the year.
The total
number of shigellosis cases reported in 1997 increased from 1996 levels,
from 434 to 625, after experiencing a sharp decline between 1995 and
1996. Reported cases of legionellosis also increased by 15 cases in
1997 to double the number reported in 1996 (Table C6).
Hepatitis
cases and rates are presented in Table C14 for 1988 through 1997. Vaccine-preventable
diseases are displayed by county in Table C15, by age in Table C16,
and by month of onset in Table C17.
Distribution
of other reported cases of communicable diseases and their rates are
presented by county of residence in Tables C18 and C19. Cases of reportable
communicable diseases by age and month of onset can be found in Tables
C20 and C21.
TABLE
C6. REPORTED CASES AND RATES* OF SELECTED VACCINE-PREVENTABLE
AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
NEW JERSEY, 1993-1997 |
| DISEASE |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
| NUMBER |
RATE |
NUMBER |
RATE
|
NUMBER |
RATE |
NUMBER |
RATE |
| AMEBIASIS |
25 |
0.3 |
22 |
0.3 |
41 |
0.5 |
59 |
0.7 |
| CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS |
720 |
9.1 |
675 |
8.5 |
792 |
9.9 |
544 |
6.8 |
| GIARDIASIS |
634 |
8.0 |
711 |
8.9 |
908 |
11.4 |
894 |
11.1 |
| HEPATITIS
A |
306 |
3.9 |
312 |
3.9 |
394 |
4.9 |
316 |
3.9 |
| HEPATITIS
B |
410 |
5.2 |
368 |
4.6 |
279 |
3.5 |
249 |
3.1 |
| LEGIONELLOSIS |
49 |
0.6 |
33 |
0.4 |
15 |
0.2 |
30 |
0.4 |
| LYME
DISEASE |
1,532 |
19.4 |
1,703 |
21.4 |
2,190 |
27.4 |
2,041 |
25.3 |
| MEASLES
(RUBEOLA) |
175 |
2.2 |
8 |
0.1 |
3 |
0.0 |
3 |
0.0 |
| MUMPS |
13 |
0.2 |
21 |
0.3 |
4 |
0.1 |
8 |
0.1 |
| SALMONELLA |
1,160 |
14.7 |
1,734 |
21.8 |
1,580 |
19.8 |
1,501 |
18.6 |
| SHIGELLOSIS |
522 |
6.6 |
1,038 |
13.1 |
434 |
5.4 |
625 |
7.8 |
| TYPHOID
FEVER |
25 |
0.3 |
27 |
0.3 |
40 |
0.5 |
29 |
0.4 |
| YERSINIOSIS |
45 |
0.6 |
34 |
0.4 |
28 |
0.4 |
15 |
0.2 |
| *RATES
ARE COMPUTED PER 100,000 POPULATIONSOURCE: NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICESCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE SERVICE |
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