Caribbean Epidemiology Centre

Appendix 1

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Appendix 1

Reported Cases Of Communicable Diseases 1
Epidemiologic Weeks: 13 - 25 of 2000 and 2001

With Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population
CAREC Member Countries

DISEASES

REPORTED CASES
(Weeks 13 - 25)

TOTAL CASES
TO DATE

2000

2001

2000

2001

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS

12

28

36

140

Acute Flaccid Paralysis

5

7

14

12

Acute Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis

1209

1082

2059

2071

Acute Respir. Infection [< 5 yrs. old]

8308

3184

18451

7894

Chlamydial Infection

163

128

336

272

Cholera

0

0

0

0

Ciguatera Poisoning

196

151

326

264

Congenital Rubella Syndrome

0

0

0

0

Congenital Syphilis

7

2

7

2

Dengue Fever

638

312

1918

998

Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever/Shock Syndrome

0

15

10

46

Diphtheria

0

0

0

0

Fever & Rash Illness

77

113

176

201

Food-borne Illness

716

361

1444

818

Gastro-enteritis [< 5 yrs. old]

8127

5321

22219

9728

Gastro-enteritis [> 5 yrs. old]

5393

4347

12970

8518

Genital Discharge Syndrome

6788

135

7045

286

Genital Ulcer Syndrome

503

0

512

2

Gonococcal Infections

568

405

1068

778

Influenza

18612

12776

36646

34493

Leprosy [Hansen's Disease]

16

4

28

10

Leptospirosis

121

52

211

129

Malaria [indigenous]

6633

828

15451

1578

Measles (confirmed cases)

0

0

0

0

Meningitis

75

75

107

127

Meningococcal Infection [Neisseria meningitidis]

7

4

7

13

Mumps

16

5

34

25

Pertussis [Whooping cough]

9

5

13

8

Plague

0

0

0

0

Poliomyelitis, acute

0

0

0

0

Rabies in man

0

0

1

0

Rubella [German Measles]

22

5

58

7

Salmonellosis

79

86

176

160

Scabies

2891

2269

5877

4737

Shigellosis

40

67

95

112

Syphilis

535

96

807

219

Tetanus [excluding neonatal]

2

3

6

7

Tetanus Neonatorum

0

0

0

0

Tuberculosis - All forms

218

40

379

83

Typhoid Fever

21

6

237

8

Viral Encephalitis

15

8

21

17

Viral Hepatitis – A

23

11

35

38

Viral Hepatitis – B

253

115

467

294

Viral Hepatitis - Unspecified

72

47

131

96

Yellow fever - urban

0

0

0

0

1 These data are provisional and reflect reports received as at 26th June, 2001.
2
The AIDS case data for weeks 1 - 52 of 1999 are from only fifteen CAREC member countries.
3
Total annual births were used as the denominator for these rate calculations.
Note: The denominator used for the rate calculation reflects the sum of the populations of those CMCs reporting that condition.

 

GENERAL COMMENTS REGARDING APPENDIX 1

The data presented in Appendix 1 of this report should be interpreted with the following in mind:

  1. Acute Respiratory Infections among children less than five years of age, are not under surveillance in seven CAREC member countries, namely Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Curaçao & the Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica and Suriname.

  2. Data on gastroenteritis from Trinidad and Tobago is not provided in an age categorized format and have, therefore, been excluded from the age-specific sub-regional totals. However, 6,170 cases of gastroenteritis were reported for the period under review.

  3. No weekly communicable diseases reports were received from Aruba, Guyana and Curaçao & the Netherlands Antilles during the period under review.

  4. Data on sexually transmitted infections and syndromes in 2001 are incomplete at this time, as data was not received from some of the larger CMCs.

  5. The data reported on indigenous Malaria for the period under review is an underestimate as no reports have been received from Guyana.

 

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