SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Health:
Year to Year to February February Date Date 1989 1988 1989 1988 Intestinal Infections Amebiasis 38 33 74 53 Campylobacteriosis 70 79 139 138 Giardiasis 127 73 257 130 Salmonellosis 121 110 250 223 Shigellosis 142 106 282 196
For the record:
12:00 a.m. July 28, 1989 SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Los Angeles Times Friday July 28, 1989 Home Edition Metro Part 2 Page 2 Column 5 Metro Desk 2 inches; 55 words Type of Material: Correction
Because of reporting errors by the Los Angeles County Department of Health, some statistics for measles and meningococcal infections were incorrect. Here are the correct figures for January-April:
YEAR TO DATE 1989 1989 JANUARY Measles 53 53 Meningococcal 39 39 FEBRUARY Measles 158 211 Meningococcal 44 83 MARCH Measles 115 326 Meningococcal 36 119 APRIL Measles 98 424 Meningococcal 14 133
GRAPHIC-TABLE: SELECTED REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Year to Year to February February Date Date 1989 1988 1989 1988 Childhood diseases Mumps 5 8 12 23 Measles 23 11 57 44 German measles 7 1 8 2 Whooping cough 0 4 7 14 Scarlet fever 70 62 107 97
Year to Year to February February Date Date 1989 1988 1989 1988 Venereal diseases Gonorrhea* 1,778 1,904 3,181 4,011 Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea 367 51 627 95 Syphilis, primary and secondary 245 341 520 680
Year to Year to February February Date Date 1989 1988 1989 1988 Other infectious diseases Hepatitis A** 177 106 304 191 Hepatitis B*** 63 54 103 122 Meningococcal infections**** 35 38 50 59 Tuberculosis 171 63 243 179
Diseases may have been diagnosed prior to month reported.
* Gonorrhea cases include cases of penicillin-resistant gonorrhea.
** Hepatitis A is spread by fecal-contaminated water, food or household contact with an infected person.
*** Hepatitis B is spread by contaminated blood, unsterile needles or sexual contact.
**** Meningococcal infections can cause spinal meningitis and blood poisoning.
Source: L.A. County Department of Health Services
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