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TABLE 1
REPORTED CASES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES1
Epidemiologic weeks 13 - 24 and 1 - 24 of 1999
with Incidence Rates per 100,000 population
for weeks 1 - 24 of 1998 and 1999
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CASES (Wks. 13 - 24) |
TOTAL CASES TO DATE |
RATES TO DATE |
| DISEASES |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS2
|
343 |
11 |
678 |
267 |
7.5 |
0.3 |
| Acute Flaccid Paralysis |
6 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis |
582 |
883 |
1473 |
2039 |
25.0 |
16.5 |
| Acute
Respir. Infection (< 5 yrs. old) |
3018 |
2517 |
12369 |
6714 |
430.5 |
445.1 |
| Chlamydial Infection |
104 |
195 |
204 |
349 |
14.5 |
21.5 |
| Cholera |
5 |
12 |
6 |
12 |
2.1 |
5.0 |
| Ciguatera Poisoning |
148 |
155 |
246 |
238 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
| Congenital Rubella Syndrome |
0 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Congenital Syphilis |
9 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
| Dengue Fever |
327 |
113 |
1506 |
470 |
5.0 |
2.1 |
| Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever/Shock Syndrome |
1 |
8 |
1 |
23 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
| Diphtheria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Food-borne Illness |
423 |
338 |
788 |
719 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
| Gastro-enteritis (<5 yrs. old) |
4233 |
6028 |
13357 |
12509 |
743.9 |
1394.3 |
| Gastro-enteritis (>= 5yrs old) |
2227 |
3397 |
7166 |
7443 |
54.8 |
89.5 |
| Genital Discharge Syndrome |
13918 |
106 |
14039 |
6540 |
466.9 |
3.5 |
| Genital Ulcer Syndrome |
721 |
2 |
737 |
565 |
24.3 |
0.1 |
| Gonococcal Infections |
233 |
531 |
462 |
995 |
4.0 |
10.5 |
| Influenza |
13955 |
6498 |
34376 |
19662 |
211.3 |
121.4 |
| Leprosy (or Hansen's Disease) |
14 |
17 |
29 |
31 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Leptospirosis |
38 |
70 |
131 |
131 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
| Malaria |
3192 |
491 |
18237 |
912 |
48.4 |
9.2 |
| Measles (Suspected Cases) |
101 |
59 |
282 |
139 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
| Meningitis |
21 |
26 |
40 |
72 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
| Meningococcal Infection
(Neisseria meningitidis) |
1 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Mumps |
29 |
18 |
47 |
32 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
| Pertussis (or Whooping cough) |
1 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Plague |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Poliomyelitis, acute |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rabies in man |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella (German Measles) |
13 |
14 |
95 |
15 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Salmonellosis |
105 |
58 |
140 |
122 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
| Scabies |
1729 |
1414 |
3679 |
3245 |
34.6 |
30.7 |
| Shigellosis |
29 |
4 |
53 |
22 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
| Syphilis |
649 |
297 |
811 |
627 |
9.8 |
5.5 |
| Tetanus (excluding neonatal) |
5 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Tetanus Neonatorum |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Tuberculosis - All forms |
128 |
101 |
270 |
160 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
| Typhoid Fever |
11 |
3 |
110 |
8 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Viral Encephalitis |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Viral Hepatitis - A |
1 |
16 |
161 |
36 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
| Viral Hepatitis - B |
101 |
110 |
248 |
183 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
| Viral Hepatitis - Unspecified |
36 |
48 |
79 |
107 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
| Yellow fever - urban |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| 1 These data are provisional and reflect reports received as at 30th August 1999. |
| 2 The AIDS case data for 1999 are from only nine CAREC member countries. |
| Note: The denominator used for the rate calculation reflects the sum of the populations of those CMCs reporting that condition. |
A GENERAL COMMENT CONCERNING TABLE 1
Any interpretation of the data presented in
[Table1] of this report should be undertaken with the following in mind:
- ARIs among under fives are not under surveillance in four CMCs.
- Only five CMCs reported data on genital syndromes during 1998. Jamaica, our largest member,
did not report on genital syndromes during weeks 13-24 of 1999.
- 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, 6,682
cases of gastroenteritis have been cumulatively reported from that country during the weeks 13 - 24 of 1999.
- To date, no AIDS Surveillance Reports for 1998 have been received from Trinidad & Tobago,
Anguilla, Belize, St. Christopher/Nevis, the Turks & Caicos Islands and Suriname. Further AIDS Surveillance
Reports have only been received from 2 countries for the period under review in 1999.
- To date, no communicable disease reports have been received from Guyana for 1999. In the second
quarter of 1998 Guyana had reported 54% of the cases of typhoid fever and 27% of the malaria cases.
- To date, no communicable disease reports have been received from Suriname for 1999. However,
in the second quarter of 1998 that country had contributed 45% of the reported cases of acute
haemorrhagic conjunctivitis, 38% of the reported cases of influenza and 60% of the reported malaria
cases.
During this reporting period, no weekly communicable disease reports have been received from Guyana, Suriname, Aruba or the Netherlands Antilles.
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