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 June, the most recent month for which information is available:
NUMBER OF CASES 1992 1991 Year to Date June Year to Year to % Change Disease 1992 Date Date 1991-92 Acquired immune 34 356 212 +68 deficiency syndrome (AIDS) Chlamydial infections 127 1,556 1,533 +2 Lapse of consciousness 112 691 806 -14 (non-alcohol related) Giardiasis 23 224 240 -7 Gonococcal infection 38 640 437 +46 Hepatitis A 26 118 163 -28 Meningitis 53 166 101 +64 Non-specific 127 793 1,136 -30 urethritis Shigellosis 22 106 102 +4 Syphilis 15 131 225 -42 Tuberculosis 50 207 112 +85 TOTAL 1,078 7,069 7,473 -5 NOTIFIABLE DISEASES*
* Includes diseases other than those shown above .TE: Source: Orange County Health Care Agency, “Reported Cases of Specified Notifiable Diseases,” for June, 1992.
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