TABLE 1.

Disease surveillance in Canada: Points obtained for each criterion during rating for surveillance

	Measles	Tuberculosis	AIDS
WHO interest	***	—	***
Agriculture Canada interest	—	**	—
Incidence	*****	****	**
Morbidity	*****	*****	*****
Deaths	**	*****	*****
Deaths-to-case ratio	*	****	*****
Communicability	*****	***	**
Potential for outbreaks	*****	****	****
Public perception of risk	**	***	*****
Socioeconomic impact	*****	****	*****
Vaccine-preventable	*****	**	—
Immediate public health response necessary	****	****	**
Total number of points	42	40	38

^*1 point