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. Here’s a selection of these afflictions for March, the most recent month for which information is available, and how the first three months of 1991 compare to those of last year:

NUMBER OF CASES 1991 1990 Year to Date March Year to Year to % Change Disease 1991 Date Date 1990-91 Acquired immune deficiency 43 116 133 -12.8 syndrome (AIDS) Alzheimer’s disease and 3 20 55 -63.6 related conditions Campylobacter 20 54 58 -6.9 Chlamydial infections 265 773 439 +76.0 Lapse of consciousness 139 407 547 -25.6 (non-alcohol related) Giardiasis 32 109 110 -0.9 Gonococcal infection 72 233 325 -28.3 Hepatitis A 40 87 92 -5.4 Hepatitis B 63 148 126 +17.5 Lead poisoning 27 57 48 +18.8 Measles 47 165 106 +55.7 Meningitis 13 52 53 -1.9 Non-specific urethritis 195 567 689 -17.7 Salmonellosis 16 62 52 +19.2 Shigellosis 11 54 48 +12.5 Syphilis 44 121 123 -1.6 Tuberculosis 15 62 71 -12.7 TOTAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASES* 1,265 3,834 3,802 +0.8

* Includes diseases other than those shown above

Source: Orange County Public Health Department, “Reported Cases of Specified Notifiable Diseases,” for March, 1991.