CLIPBOARD : Notifiable Diseases Report

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 September, the most recent month for which information is available:

NUMBER OF CASES Current Previous Year to Date September Year to Year to % Change Disease 1990 Date Date 1989-90 Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 35 367 255 +44 Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions 93 266 N/A -- Amebiasis 15 92 69 +33 Campylobacter 37 249 196 +27 Chlamydial infections 367 2,094 N/A -- Lapse of consciousness (non-alcohol related) 138 1,484 1,305 +14 Giardiasis 85 418 392 +7 Gonococcal infection 122 1,046 1,580 -34 Hepatitis A 19 226 363 -38 Hepatitis B 55 412 472 -13 Hepatitis No-A, Non-B 11 59 36 +64 Lead poisoning 14 182 150 +21 Measles (rubeola) 46 618 352 +76 Meningitis 49 203 171 +19 Non-specific urethritis 244 2,119 N/A -- Rubella (German measles) 4 73 11 +564 Salmonellosis 48 261 182 +43 Shigellosis 70 228 231 -1 Syphilis 32 347 451 -23 Tuberculosis 15 191 192 -1 TOTAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASES* 1,909 13,464 10,858 +24

N/A: Comparable information not available

*Includes diseases other than those shown above; 1989 total includes some diseases charted only part of the year.

Source: Orange County Public Health Department, “Reported Cases of Specified Notifiable Diseases,” for September,1990.