Table 1. Estimated number of diagnosed cases, death cases and case fatality rate of eight major infectious disease types in China in 5-year intervals.

Period	1975–1979	1980–1984	1985–1989	1990–1994	1995–1999	2000–2004	2005–2008
Quarantinable diseases
Diagnosed cases	146,271	435,073	410,779	277,005	273,160	156,579	57,735
Death cases	8,190	14,694	10,636	5,879	3,757	2,192	1,382
Case fatality rate (%)	5.599%	3.377%	2.589%	2.122%	1.375%	1.400%	2.393%
[lower-upper limits]	[5.419–5.779%]	[3.295–3.458%]	[2.515–2.664%]	[2.040–2.204%]	[1.309–1.442%]	[1.311–1.489%]	[2.202–2.584%]
Vaccine-preventable
Diagnosed cases	18,380,894	6,759,577	1,360,323	597,181	1,383,591	1,583,847	1,255,778
Death cases	72,545	28,885	7,085	3,130	3,987	3,684	1,409
Case fatality rate (%)	0.395%	0.427%	0.521%	0.524%	0.288%	0.233%	0.112%
[lower-upper limits]	[0.390–0.399%]	[0.420–0.435%]	[0.502–0.539%]	[0.496–0.552%]	[0.274–0.302%]	[0.221–0.244%]	[0.103–0.121%]
STIs & HIV
Diagnosed cases	–	–	25,447	455,258	1,047,612	1,315,529	1,401,467
Death cases	–	–	108	1,568	1,763	2,838	12,533
Case fatality rate (%)	–	–	0.426%	0.344%	0.168%	0.216%	0.894%
[lower-upper limits]			[0.304–0.549%]	[0.318–0.370%]	[0.156–0.180%]	[0.204–0.228%]	[0.870–0.918%]
Gastrointestinal diseases
Diagnosed cases	35,552,854	27,701,730	13,159,721	5,536,107	3,834,567	2,613,811	1,644,061
Death cases	46,153	23,698	13,909	5,257	2,230	1,298	593
Case fatality rate (%)	0.130%	0.086%	0.106%	0.095%	0.058%	0.050%	0.036%
[lower-upper limits]	[0.128–0.132%]	[0.084–0.087%]	[0.103–0.108%]	[0.091–0.099%]	[0.054–0.062%]	[0.046–0.054%]	[0.032–0.040%]
Bacterial Infections
Diagnosed cases	2,258,134	1,047,059	503,691	202,619	1,476,435	3,363,049	4,820,142
Death cases	78,491	30,151	16,081	3,119	4,205	5,908	13,330
Case fatality rate (%)	3.476%	2.880%	3.193%	1.540%	0.285%	0.176%	0.277%
[lower-upper limits]	[3.439–3.512%]	[2.831–2.919%]	[3.118–3.267%]	[1.458–1.622%]	[0.272–0.298%]	[0.169–0.183%]	[0.269–0.284%]
Zoonoses
Diagnosed cases	329,350	293,478	315,863	141,292	73,625	54,194	97,626
Death cases	17,354	35,607	29,295	12,528	4,496	8,161	11,420
Case fatality rate (%)	5.269%	12.133%	9.275%	8.867%	6.107%	15.060%	11.698%
[lower-upper limits]	[5.152–5.386%]	[11.952–12.313%]	[9.120–9.429%]	[8.640–9.094%]	[5.842–6.371%]	[14.599–15.520%]	[11.390–12.007%]
Vector-borne diseases
Diagnosed cases	21,731,070	10,533,882	1,690,125	537,490	266,424	228,970	216,301
Death cases	37,200	19,283	13,262	7,081	4,232	2,863	1,375
Case fatality rate (%)	0.171%	0.183%	0.785%	1.317%	1.589%	1.250%	0.636%
[lower-upper limits]	[0.169–0.174%]	[0.179–0.187%]	[0.764–0.805%]	[1.271–1.364%]	[1.516–1.661%]	[1.181–1.320%]	[0.584–0.687%]
Viral Hepatitis
Diagnosed cases	4,359,763	4,507,954	5,599,627	5,592,120	3,897,266	4,400,935	5,388,845
Death cases	9,158	9,950	10,463	6,656	4,616	4,572	4,657
Case fatality rate (%)	0.210%	0.221%	0.187%	0.119%	0.118%	0.104%	0.086%
[lower-upper limits]	[0.203–0.217%]	[0.214–0.227%]	[0.181–0.192%]	[0.115–0.123%]	[0.113–0.124%]	[0.099–0.108%]	[0.083–0.090]