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 June, the most recent month for which information is available:
NUMBER OF CASES 1991 1990 Year to Date June Year to Year to % Change Disease 1991 Date Date 1990-91 Acquired immune 32 212 248 -15 deficiency syndrome(AIDS) Campylobacter 43 153 141 +9 Chlamydial infections 179 1,533 1,270 +21 Lapse of consciousness 113 806 1,098 -27 (non-alcohol related) Giardiasis 49 240 236 +2 Gonococcal infection 35 438 700 -37 Hepatitis A 18 163 171 -5 Hepatitis B 23 283 270 +5 Measles (rubeola) 14 280 365 -23 Meningitis 20 101 97 +4 Non-specific urethritis 154 1,136 1,465 -22 Salmonellosis 16 123 135 -9 Syphilis 34 225 262 -14 Tuberculosis 11 112 119 -6 TOTAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASES* 982 7,473 8,708 -14
* Includes diseases other than those shown above
Source: Orange County Public Health Department, “Reported Cases of Specified Notifiable Diseases,” for June, 1991.
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