CLIPBOARD : Notifiable Diseases Report
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Each week the Orange County Public Health Department reports to the state the incidence of various notifiable diseases in the county. The following table details a selection of these afflictions for February, the most recent month for which information is available:
NUMBER OF CASES 1991 1990 Year to Date February Year to Year to % Change Disease 1991 Date Date 1990-91 Acquired immune 41 74 81 -9 deficiency syndrome (AIDS) Alzheimer’s disease 8 17 33 -48 and related conditions Campylobacter 20 34 33 +3 Chlamydial 182 508 184 +176 infections Lapse of 108 268 354 -24 consciousness (non-alcohol related) Giardiasis 42 77 59 +31 Gonococcal 63 161 191 -16 infection Hepatitis A 19 47 58 -19 Hepatitis B 19 85 80 +6 Measles 67 118 34 +247 Meningitis 20 39 30 +30 Non-specific 149 372 377 -1 urethritis Salmonellosis 17 46 30 +53 Shigellosis 14 43 34 +26 Syphilis 25 77 67 +15 Tuberculosis 14 47 25 +88 TOTAL 1,050 2,609 2,109 +24 NOTIFIABLE DISEASES*
* Includes diseases other than those shown above
Source: Orange County Public Health Department, Monthly Morbidity Report for February, 1991.
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