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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
July 2005
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 2005
Through July 2000-2005
AIDS (Cumulative Total - 653)
3
20
24
AMEBIASIS*
0
1
1
CAMPYLOBACTER
11
40
28
CHICKEN POX
0
142
91
CHLAMYDIA
271
1372
N/A *
E. coli O157:H7
0
5
4
GIARDIASIS
11
56
46
GONORRHEA
103
583
696
HEPATITIS A
0
1
8
HEPATITIS B*
0
3
4
HEPATITIS C (Acute)
0
0
0
HEPATITIS C (Chronic/Unknown)
33
250
230
INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS
2
8340
16100
MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC
6
20
7
MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL
0
12
5
MUMPS
0
1
0
PERTUSSIS
0
4
4
SALMONELLOSIS
1
2
5
SHIGELLOSIS
1
2
5
STREP PNEUMO, INV. 2 23 N/A*
STREP, GRP A, INV. 1 8 N/A*
SYPHILIS (Primary & Secondary)
0
2
2
TUBERCULOSIS
0
6
12
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OF LOW FREQUENCY
DISEASE NUMBER REPORTED
Cumulative 2004
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS 1
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS 2
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS 3
ENCEPHALITIS, POST OTHER 3
H. INFLUENZAE DISEASE, INV. 2
HEPATITIS B, PERINATAL 1
LEGIONELLOSIS 2
LYME DISEASE 2
MALARIA (IMPORTED) 1
STREP PNEUMO, DRUG RESISTANT 1
STREP TOXIC SHOCK 2

NOTES:
a. Due to a national effort to de-duplicate the HIV/AIDS Reporting System, there was a change in the numbers reported as of 10/13/04.

b. Includes meningitis caused by H. influenzae, N. meningitidis, S. pneumoniae, and all other bacteria.

* Data to calculate five-year median cumulative number of cases is not available.