Communicable Diseases Feedback Report Table 1

DISEASES	CASES(Wks 1-12)		Rates To Date
DISEASES	1998	1999	1998	1999¹
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS²	335	6	7.3	5.7
Acute Flaccid Paralysis	4	7	0.1	0.1
Acute Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis	891	598	38.2	11.4
Acute Respir. Infection (< 5 yrs. old)	9351	2843	1333.8	514.8
Chlamydial Infection	100	149	14.0	21.5
Cholera	1	0	0.4	0.0
Ciguatera Poisoning	98	81	1.5	1.5
Congenital Rubella Syndrome	3	0	0.1	0.0
Congenital Syphilis	0	8	0.0	0.2
Dengue Fever	1179	141	17.9	2.7
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever/Shock Syndrome	0	11	0.0	0.5
Diphtheria	0	0	0.0	0.0
Food-borne Illness	365	299	5.5	5.7
Gastro-enteritis (<5 yrs. old)	9124	5737	1604.3	1368.9
Gastro-enteritis (>= 5yrs. old)	4939	4749	121.6	106.7
Genital Discharge Syndrome	121	92	4.1	3.2
Genital Ulcer Syndrome	16	7	0.5	0.3
Gonococcal Infections	229	191	3.9	3.9
Influenza	20421	7138	309.2	136.4
Leprosy (or Hansen's Disease)	15	8	0.2	0.2
Leptospirosis	93	36	1.4	0.7
Malaria	15045	421	228.5	8.0
Measles (Suspected Cases)	181	80	2.7	1.5
Meningitis	19	21	1.1	0.5
Meningococcal Infection (Neisseria meningitidis)	0	12	0.0	0.2
Mumps	18	11	0.3	0.2
Pertussis (or Whooping cough)	0	6	0.0	0.1
Plague	0	0	0.0	0.0
Poliomyelitis, acute	0	0	0.0	0.0
Rabies in man	0	0	0.0	0.0
Rubella (German Measles)	82	0	1.2	0.0
Salmonellosis	35	60	0.6	1.2
Scabies	1950	677	39.0	15.3
Shigellosis	24	8	0.4	0.2
Syphilis	162	109	2.5	2.1
Tetanus (excluding neonatal)	3	3	0.0	0.1
Tetanus Neonatorum	0	0	0.0	0.0
Tuberculosis - All forms	142	43	2.2	0.8
Typhoid Fever	99	4	1.5	0.1
Viral Encephalitis	0	0	0.0	0.0
Viral Hepatitis - A	160	14	2.6	0.3
Viral Hepatitis - B	147	55	2.4	1.1
Viral Hepatitis - Unspecified	43	32	0.7	0.6
Yellow fever - urban/sylvatic	0	0	0.0	0.0

Any interpretation of the data presented in Table 1 of this report should be undertaken with the following in mind:

ARIs among under fives are not under surveillance in four CMCs.
Only six CMCs have reported data on genital syndromes during the first quarter of 1999.
Data on gastroenteritis from Trinidad and Tobago are not provided in an age-categorized format, and have therefore been excluded from the age-specific sub-regional totals. However, 1,508 cases of gastroenteritis have been cumulatively reported from that country during the first 12 weeks of 1999.
The AIDS cases reported to-date are from one CMC.
No communicable disease reports have been received from Guyana for 1999. During the first quarter of 1998, Guyana had contributed 92% of the total cases of typhoid fever; 48% of the total cases of tuberculosis [all forms]; 66% of the malaria cases; and 60% of total acute respiratory infections.
No communicable disease reports have been received from Suriname for 1999. During the first quarter of 1998 Suriname had contributed 58% of the reported cases of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis and 31% of the reported malaria cases.