Table 1.
Incidence and mortality data for 45 notifiable infectious diseases
| Cases (n)* | Yearly incidence (per 100 000)† | Deaths (n)* | Case-fatality ratios (per 1000) | Seasonal feature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 54 984 661 | 417·98 | 132 681 | 2·41 | April to September |
| HFMD | 9 035 966 | 114·48 | 2712 | 0·30 | April to July (May to June)‡ |
| Hepatitis B | 10 730 323 | 81·57 | 7620 | 0·71 | Not significant |
| Tuberculosis | 10 567 049 | 80·33 | 29 508 | 2·79 | January to May |
| Other§ | 7 305 601 | 55·54 | 500 | 0·07 | June to December (July to August)‡ |
| Mumps | 3 212 659 | 24·42 | 23 | 0·007 | April to July (May to June)‡ |
| Bacterial dysentery | 3 190 263 | 24·25 | 632 | 0·20 | May to October |
| Syphilis | 2 729 518 | 20·75 | 671 | 0·25 | Not significant |
| Gonorrhoea | 1 355 604 | 10·31 | 13 | 0·01 | Not significant |
| Hepatitis C | 1 227 325 | 9·33 | 1228 | 1·00 | Not significant |
| Seasonal influenza | 811 835 | 6·17 | 71 | 0·09 | March to April, September to December |
| Measles | 668 103 | 5·08 | 392 | 0·59 | March to June |
| Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis | 537 391 | 4·09 | 1 | 0·002 | September |
| Hepatitis A | 525 982 | 4·00 | 204 | 0·39 | Not significant |
| Rubella | 517 830 | 3·94 | 5 | 0·01 | April to June |
| Influenza A H1N1 | 164 892 | 3·13 | 877 | 5·32 | September to December (November)‡ |
| HIV infection | 408 955 | 3·11 | 48 199 | 117·86 | Not significant |
| Scarlet fever | 320 374 | 2·44 | 9 | 0·03 | May to June, November to December |
| Brucellosis | 287 120 | 2·18 | 10 | 0·04 | March to July |
| Malaria | 242 317 | 1·84 | 236 | 0·97 | June to October (July to October)‡ |
| Hepatitis E | 218 418 | 1·66 | 358 | 1·64 | January to May |
| Typhoid | 145 875 | 1·11 | 66 | 0·45 | May to October |
| Haemorrhagic fever | 136 280 | 1·04 | 1500 | 11·01 | October to December (November)‡ |
| Paratyphoid | 69 092 | 0·53 | 16 | 0·23 | May to October |
| Encephalitis | 37 485 | 0·28 | 1696 | 45·25 | July to August |
| Schistosomiasis | 36 047 | 0·27 | 15 | 0·42 | July to August |
| Typhus | 27 152 | 0·21 | 4 | 0·15 | June to November |
| Pertussis | 26 150 | 0·20 | 21 | 0·80 | May to August |
| Amoebic dysentery | 25 357 | 0·19 | 8 | 0·32 | May to September |
| Hydatid disease | 24 037 | 0·18 | 10 | 0·42 | Not significant |
| Rabies | 23 008 | 0·17 | 22 597 | 982·14 | June to November |
| Neonatal tetanus | 16 534 | 0·13 | 1638 | 99·07 | Not significant |
| ECM | 10 390 | 0·079 | 937 | 90·18 | January to April |
| Dengue | 7958 | 0·06 | 1 | 0·13 | September to October |
| Leptospirosis | 7587 | 0·058 | 204 | 26·89 | August to September (September)‡ |
| Anthrax | 3730 | 0·028 | 47 | 12·60 | July to August |
| Leprosy | 3542 | 0·027 | 20 | 5·65 | January to April (January)‡ |
| Kala-azar | 3247 | 0·025 | 11 | 3·39 | Not significant |
| Cholera | 2102 | 0·016 | 8 | 3·81 | August to October |
| Poliomyelitis | 20 | 0·0015 | 1 | 50·00 | July to September |
| Avian influenza H7N9 | 19 | 0·0014 | 1 | 52·63 | December |
| SARS¶ | 10 | 0·00076 | 1 | 100·00 | April |
| Plague | 58 | 0·00049 | 22 | 379·31 | June to July, October |
| Avian influenza H5N1 | 39 | 0·00033 | 28 | 717·95 | January to April, October to November (January)‡ |
| Filariasis | 19 | 0·00029 | 1 | 52·63 | Not significant |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 0·00011 | 0 | 0·00 | May to July |
*
Total numbers for 10 years.
†
Average for 10 years.
‡
Period in parentheses represents a more typical seasonal feature and the incidence of each disease is more concentrated during this period.
§
Infectious diarrhoeal diseases other than cholera, bacterial dysentery, amoebic dysentery, typhoid, and paratyphoid.
¶
SARS data were not adequate for determining seasonal distribution. ECM=epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. HFMD=hand, foot, and mouth disease. SARS=severe acute respiratory syndrome.