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Notifiable Disease Report

Kent County Health Department
700 Fuller N.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
www.accesskent.com/health
Communicable Disease Section
phone (616) 632-7228
fax (616) 632-7085
February 2003
Notifiable diseases reported for Kent County residents through end of month listed above.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIED NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
DISEASE
NUMBER REPORTED
MEDIAN CUMULATIVE
This Month
Cumulative 2003
Through Feb. 1998-2002
AIDS (Cumulative Total - 602)
3
4
4
AMEBIASIS
0
0
0
CAMPYLOBACTER
2
2
6
CHICKEN POX
13
48
77
CHLAMYDIA
216
288
N/A***
E. coli O157:H7
1
2
0
GIARDIASIS
6
12
12
GONORRHEA
49
139
205
GUILLIAN-BARRE SYNDROME
0
0
0
HEPATITIS A
0
1
3
HEPATITIS B*
0
1
1
HEPATITIS C (Acute)
0
0
0
HEPATITIS C (Chronic/Unknown)
20
76
N/A***
INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS
5333
7722
7723
MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC
0
1
0
MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL
0
2
2
MUMPS
0
0
0
PERTUSSIS
0
0
1
SALMONELLOSIS
2
4
7
SHIGELLOSIS
3
7
3
SYPHILIS**
1
1
0
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
0
0
0
TUBERCULOSIS
3
3
1
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OF LOW FREQUENCY
DISEASE
NUMBER REPORTED
Cumulative 2003
STREPTOCOCCAL DISEASE, GROUP A, INVASIVE
1
* Hepatitis B statistics since 1993 include only acute symptomatic cases; prior to 1993 Kent County statistics also included chronic infections.
** Syphilis statistics since 1992 include only primary and secondary syphilis; prior to 1992 statistics also included early latent syphilis.
*** Data to calculate five-year median cumulative number of cases is not available.