INFECTIOUS DISEASE REPORT
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Each week the Orange County Public Health Department reports to the state the incidence of various infectious diseases in the county. The following table details a selection of these afflictions for August, the most recent month for which information is available:
NUMBER OF CASES Current Previous Year to Date August Year Year % Change, Disease 1989 to Date to Date ‘88-’89 Acquired Immune 16 228 186 +23 Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Campylobacter 40 168 203 -17 Chlamydial infections 134 246 N/A -- Lapse of consciousness 172 1,128 1,126 * (non-alcohol related) Giardiasis 65 337 277 +22 Gonococcal infection 197 1,392 1,927 -28 Hepatitis A 39 341 238 +43 Hepatitis B 81 422 247 +71 Lead poisoning 20 142 380 -63 Measles (rubeola) 24 318 65 +389 Meningitis 12 127 140 -9 Salmonellosis 37 156 237 -34 Shigellosis 42 200 204 -2 Syphilis 58 430 874 -51 Tuberculosis 19 175 154 +14
N/A: Information not available
* Less than 1%
INCIDENCE OF REPORTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES August 1989: 1,552
Sources: Orange County Public Health Department, “Reported Cases of Specified Notifiable Diseases,” for November, 1988.
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