Table 1.
Number of notified cases and proportion (%) notified within the recommended time limits of law
| Disease | Total no. of notifications | Proportion (%) notified within the recommended time limita | |||
| T2 | T3 | T4 | T2 + T3 + T4b | ||
| Group I | (1 day) | (1 day) | (1 day) | (3 days) | |
| Typhoid fever | 1,346 | 70.7 | 64.7 | 69.9 | 49.8 |
| Shigellosis | 3,877 | 85.3 | 63.7 | 64.7 | 53.3 |
| Group II | (1 day) | (7 days) | (7 days) | (15 days) | |
| Mumps | 9,557 | 68.8 | 89.5 | 96.6 | 89.7 |
| Group III | (7 days) | (7 days) | (7 days) | (21 days) | |
| Scrub typhus | 23,585 | 84.7 | 84.1 | 97.9 | 91.2 |
| HFRS | 2,295 | 84.0 | 86.1 | 96.6 | 90.6 |
| Group IV | (1 day) | (1 day) | (1 day) | (3 days) | |
| Dengue fever | 100 | 60.2 | 49.0 | 83.0 | 34.7 |
HFRS, Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
aThe recommended time limit for each step for a specific disease group is presented in parentheses. A recommended time limit of "immediately" was operationally defined as "within 1 day." See Figure 1 for definitions of T2, T3, and T4.
bT2 + T3 + T4 indicates the sum of the recommended time limits from diagnosis to notification to the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and prevention.