Social Statistics
Major Notifiable Diseases
total number and rates per thousand population of notifiable diseases by type and year in rmi: 2002 to 2004
Disease | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |||
Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | |
A. Gastrointestinal Sanitation | ||||||
1. Gastroenteritis | 1,029 | 18.17 | 1,854 | 31.50 | 4,583 | 74.86 |
2. Diarrhea, Infantile | 0 | 0.00 | 1,986 | 33.75 | 338 | 5.52 |
3. Diarrhea, Adult | 1,954 | 34.50 | 69 | 1.17 | 1,881 | 30.73 |
4. Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 22 | 0.39 | 7 | 0.12 | 3 | 0.05 |
5. Amoebiasis | 213 | 3.76 | 401 | 6.81 | 376 | 6.14 |
6. Hepatitis A | 12 | 0.21 | 10 | 0.17 | 35 | 0.57 |
7. Hepatitis B | 31 | 0.55 | 31 | 0.53 | 40 | 0.65 |
Total | 3,261 | 57.58 | 4,358 | 74.05 | 7,256 | 118.53 |
B. Respiratory | ||||||
Influenza | 3,703 | 65.38 | 4,016 | 68.24 | 4,972 | 81.22 |
C. Vaccine-Preventable | ||||||
1. Whooping Cough | 38 | 0.67 | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.02 |
2. Measles | 50 | 0.80 | 828 | 14.07 | 7 | 0.11 |
3. Mumps | 11 | 0.19 | 6 | 0.10 | 2 | 0.03 |
Total | 99 | 1.74 | 836 | 14.21 | 10 | 0.16 |
D. Other Important Infectious Diseases | ||||||
1. Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 285 | 5.03 | 73 | 1.24 | 58 | 0.95 |
2. Tuberculosis (Others) | 7 | 0.12 | 76 | 1.29 | - | - |
3. Leprosy | 204 | 3.60 | 115 | 1.95 | 167 | 2.73 |
4. Scabies | 534 | 9.43 | 772 | 13.12 | 767 | 12.53 |
5. Strep Throat and Scarlet Fever | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 0.17 | 65 | 1.06 |
6. Conjunctivitis | 1,450 | 25.60 | 1,596 | 27.12 | 2,681 | 43.79 |
7. Chickenpox | 313 | 5.53 | 313 | 5.32 | 384 | 6.27 |
Total | 2,603 | 45.96 | 2,955 | 50.21 | 4,122 | 67.33 |
E. Sexually Transmitted Diseases | ||||||
1. Gonorrhea | 230 | 4.06 | 92 | 1.56 | 31 | 0.51 |
2. Syphilis | 77 | 1.36 | 273 | 4.64 | 283 | 4.62 |
Total | 347 | 6.13 | 365 | 6.20 | 314 | 5.13 |
F. Non-Infectious Diseases | ||||||
Fish Poisoning | 481 | 8.49 | 185 | 3.14 | 149 | 2.43 |
Figures are not very reliable and may be used with caution.
Source: Vital and Health Statistics Division, Ministry of Health