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Table 16.III

Cases of Reportable Diseases, New York City

1940 - 2007
Year Tuberculosis Measles Rubella Pertussis Meningococcal
Meningitis		 Scarlet
Fever		 Encephalitis Hepatitis
A		 Hepatitis
B		 Syphilis Gonorrhea West Nile
Virus 1		 Poliomyelitis 2 Chicken Pox 3 A I D S
Total Primary &
Secondary
2007 914 5 2 156 22 641 177 156 122 4,195 913 10,310 18 N/A N/A 3,346
2006 953 3 2 112 58 553 106 120 120 3,719 578 10,299 12 N/A N/A 3,672
2005 984 6 1 40 27 812 214 277 134 3,182 616 10,596 14 N/A N/A 4,185
2004 1,039 5 2 2 28 597 183 353 163 3,674 621 10,860 2 N/A N/A 5,330
2003 1,140 5 2 30 28 994 169 447 208 3,767 531 13,468 30 N/A N/A 5,199
2002 1,084 6 2 5 31 881 211 453 704 3,444 434 12,811 29 N/A N/A 3,956
2001 1,261 7 6 6 42 481 172 454 666 3,267 282 12,614 9 0 N/A 5,044
2000 1,332 13 8 11 46 350 178 550 571 2,661 117 11,669 14 0 N/A 6,115
1999 1,460 3 6 7 59 310 143 412 305 3,682 130 12,207 46 0 N/A 5,158
1998 1,558 0 17 12 35 527 14 575 415 4,503 82 12,100   0 N/A 5,538
1997 1,730 13 25 42 57 218 14 920 460 4,889 97 14,556   0 111 7,327
1996 2,053 12 5 62 56 164 4 619 495 5,670 138 12,998   0 64 9,278
1995 2,445 5 6 36 54 211 8 1,008 494 7,577 362 16,361   0 36 11,271
1994 2,995 15 1 223 40 335 11 942 544 7,640 626 19,246   0 5,977 12,641
1993 3,235 19 22 116 40 267 5 1,028 472 10,476 1,129 18,477   0 3,863 12,658
1992 3,811 68 0 24 28 258 9 883 439 13,439 2,246 21,709   0 4,789 10,810
1991 3,673 1,909 2 22 30 325 5 1,283 440 14,895 3,133 28,945   0 3,052 9,003
1990 3,520 1,108 4 21 79 175 12 791 674 16,195 4,265 35,236   0 2,773 7,720
1989 2,545 135 16 19 50 108 9 502 1,418 13,748 4,362 40,533   1 3,936 29,265 4
1988 2,317 57 7 11 66 81 6 368 1,307 11,966 5,042 52,404   0 3,289
1987 2,197 449 3 15 57 206 8 172 1,213 10,472 4,452 84,022   1 3,982
1986 2,223 944 2 10 81 N.A. 21 N.A. N.A. 6,465 2,111 69,998   2 3,877
1985 1,843 181 184 26 70 409 18 N.A. N.A. 6,947 2,157 58,532   0 4,496
1984 1,629 113 111 20 75 427 9 560 1,528 6,796 2,285 48,032   0 5,603
1983 1,651 72 87 61 89 454 14 507 1,327 6,822 2,473 46,117   1 3,815
1982 1,594 49 36 53 104 583 21 689 1,117 7,296 2,602 46,960   0 4,978
1981 1,582 108 55 25 91 464 20 606 879 6,878 2,568 45,859   0 3,640
1980 1,514 1,210 105 30 110 319 15 364 562 5,906 2,387 43,699   1 4,267
1979 1,530 859 290 44 91 312 17 386 488 6,680 2,552 40,034   0 5,897  
1978 1,307 405 152 54 88 271 30 499 493 5,567 2,060 40,208   0 4,172  
1977 1,605 804 336 47 64 583 20 566 670 4,749 1,881 39,302   0 7,423  
1976 2,151 497 163 43 51 609 20 Accurate diagnosis of Hepatitis A & B based on laboratory testing became available in 1977. 6,832 2,494 40,589   1 6,183  
1975 2,151 170 193 40 32 463 14 7,236 2,864 39,981   0 6,683  
1974 2,022 651 173 75 26 402 17 7,593 3,184 42,071   0 7,913  
1973 2,101 965 502 77 37 708 26 7,334 3,256 45,467   0 6,190  
1972 2,275 447 271 79 44 445 11 10,390 4,106 48,414   1 8,042  
1971 2,572 3,819 626 55 60 614 19 11,642 3,854 38,472   1 7,731  
1970 2,590 1,154 685 163 90 513 35 10,362 3,780 36,783   0 8,403  
1969 2,951 5,033 1,185 149 88 891 57 11,439 2,630 36,729   0 7,287  
1968 3,224 2,445 3,074 122 90 732 61 13,204 2,172 32,637   2 11,433  
1967 3,542 529 1,030 179 65 731 61 13,918 1,987 27,373   1 10,486  
1966 3,663 8,381 1,036 206 56 799 146 13,724 2,364 29,679   7 8,775  
1961-1965 4,427 12,279 5,744 253 58 1,442 172 19,052 3,259 23,005   2 12,942  
1956-1960 5,472 18,170 3,893 966 73 2,125 197 15,124 1,242 13,270   114 8,912  
1951-1955 7,002 20,025 3,956 1,726 135 2,253 256     22,046 685 12,468   741 11,849  
1946-1950 7,862 17,348 2,442 2,574 145 3,579 55     24,144 2,686 21,522   991 9,912  
1941-1945 8,608 24,890 7,360 5,706 705 8,111 42     25,773 4,124 13,955   658 9,277  
1940 9,005 10,496 988 5,775 48 13,569 28     30,178 3,113 14,639   67 13,046  
         
1  In the 1999 West Nile viral disease data, both hospitalized cases and milder illness cases are included. Beginning in 2000, only hospitalized cases of West Nile encephalitis or aseptic meningitis are included.  
2  Polio cases are not reported in this table after 2001 due to their low occurrences.    
3 Chicken Pox cases are not reported in this table after 1998 due to their low occurrences.    
4  Data is for the years 1980-1989.    
     
Source:     
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Summary of Vital Statistics    
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vs/2007sum.pdf Pg.8    

 

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