CLIPBOARD : Notifiable Diseases Report

Each week the Orange County Public Health Department reports to the state the incidence of notifiable diseases. This table details a selection of these afflictions for December, the most recent month for which information is available:

NUMBER OF CASES December 1990 1989 1989-’90 Disease 1990 Total Total % Change Acquired immune 30 457 345 +32 deficiency syndrome (AIDS) Aeromonas 21 138 123 +13 Alzheimer’s disease 8 296* 117 +153 and related conditions Campylobacter 30 330 260 +27 Chlamydial infections 394 2,958** 1,031 +187 Lapse of consciousness 155 1,845 1,806 +2 (non-alcohol related) Giardiasis 78 654 560 +17 Gonococcal infection 134 1,338 2,109 -37 Hepatitis A 45 346 510 -32 Hepatitis B 43 568 625 -9 Hepatitis Non-A, Non-B 11 87 54 +61 Lead poisoning 47 245 248 -1 Measles (rubeola) 24 679 388 +75 Meningitis 29 290 241 +20 Non-specific urethritis 250 2,685 **1,260 +113 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 14 86 **62 +39 Rubella (German measles) 1 78 14 +457 Salmonellosis 27 370 293 +26 Shigellosis 37 355 349 +2 Syphilis 68 491 565 -13 Tuberculosis 20 258 268 -4 TOTAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASES**** 1,861 17,987 ***15,430 +16

* Includes August-December cases only

**Includes June-December cases only

***Includes only partial 1989 reports for Alzheimer’s disease, chlamydial infections, non-specific urethritis and pelvic inflammatory disease.

****Includes diseases other than those shown above

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