REPORTED CASES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES^{1
Epidemiologic weeks 44 - 52 and 1 - 52 of 1997 and 1998
with Incidence Rates per 100,000 population
for weeks 1 - 52 of 1997 and 1998}

DISEASES

CASES
^{(Wks. 44 - 52)}

TOTAL CASES TO DATE

RATES TO DATE

pop

1997

1998

1997

1998

1997

1998

1997

1998

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS2

425

17

1450

885

24.7

19.3

5880

4595

Acute Flaccid Paralysis

1

3

15

18

<1

<1

6554

6501

Acute Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis

293

4592

1423

12795

63.4

207.4

2246

6168

Acute Respir. Infection (< 5 yrs. old)

2232

2218

20163

19165

3122.3

2975.2

646

644

Chlamydial Infection

80

139

426

555

51.9

77.5

821

716

Cholera

2

7

2

28

0.0

<1

6546

3931

Ciguatera Poisoning

126

143

517

605

7.9

9.8

6546

6168

Congenital Rubella Syndrome

1

0

23

7

<1

<1

4078

4401

Congenital Syphilis

14

21

34

37

<1

1.0

3714

3749

Dengue Fever

2479

830

3940

6678

60.2

101.2

6546

6596

Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever/Shock Syndrome

42

15

95

149

4.7

6.8

2011

2185

Diphtheria

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

6546

6168

Food-borne Illness

261

501

1576

1885

24.1

30.6

6546

6168

Gastro-enteritis (<5 yrs. old)

4176

2002

32611

18110

5778.9

3538.5

564

512

Gastro-enteritis (>= 5yrs. old)

1811

1554

14586

12041

344.9

292.5

4228

4117

Genital Discharge Syndrome

20

70

156

23922

5.5

802.5

2817

2981

Genital Ulcer Syndrome

0

0

627

1629

22.4

55.0

2799

2962

Gonococcal Infections

503

294

1432

1186

22.8

20.1

6282

5898

Influenza

7060

6218

49122

46921

750.4

760.7

6546

6168

Leprosy (or Hansen's Disease)

10

12

49

55

<1

<1

6180

6149

Leptospirosis

61

110

310

369

4.7

6.0

6546

6168

Malaria

529

334

5126

12756

78.3

206.8

6546

6168

Measles (Suspected Cases)

111

55

1012

516

15.6

7.9

6477

6527

Meningitis

28

14

124

134

7.3

7.4

1706

1808

Meningococcal Infection (Neisseria meningitidis)

6

10

17

23

<1

<1

6546

6168

Mumps

29

12

396

97

6.3

1.6

6282

6168

Pertussis (or Whooping cough)

0

2

14

5

<1

<1

6546

6168

Plague

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

6546

6168

Poliomyelitis, acute

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

6546

6168

Rabies in man

0

0

1

0

0.0

0.0

6546

6168

Rubella (German Measles)

91

1

603

47

9.2

<1

6546

6168

Salmonellosis

39

53

219

356

4.7

5.9

4675

5986

Scabies

1080

924

7040

6714

112.7

134.3

6244

5000

Shigellosis

13

48

94

194

1.5

3.2

6479

6082

Syphilis

1004

226

1972

1786

30.1

29.0

6546

6168

Tetanus (excluding neonatal)

4

2

8

14

<1

<1

6546

6168

Tetanus Neonatorum

0

0

0

1

0.0

0.0

6546

6168

Tuberculosis - All forms

141

76

785

506

12.0

8.2

6546

6168

Typhoid Fever

28

1

155

111

2.4

1.8

6546

6168

Viral Encephalitis

5

3

9

7

<1

<1

6508

5175

Viral Hepatitis - A

122

219

293

379

4.8

6.6

6090

5775

Viral Hepatitis - B

75

159

383

403

6.2

7.0

6174

5788

Viral Hepatitis - Unspecified

35

57

234

217

3.6

3.5

6546

6168

Yellow fever - urban/sylvatic

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

6546

3931

1 These data are provisional and reflect reports received as at 31st January 1999

2 The AIDS case data for 1998 does not include reports from six member countries.

Note: The denominator used for the rate calculation reflects the sum of the populations of those CMCs reporting that condition.