Table 1.
Comparison between the number of NID cases during weeks 4–53 in 2020 and the average annual number of NID cases during weeks 4–53 in 2015–2019 in Guangdong Province
| Notifiable infectious diseases | Weeks 4–53 |
Weeks 4–8 |
Weeks 9–19 |
Weeks 20–53 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2015–2019 | Relative reduction (%) | 2020 | 2015–2019 | Relative reduction (%) | 2020 | 2015–2019 | Relative reduction (%) | 2020 | 2015–2019 | Relative reduction (%) | |
| Overall | 514,341 | 1,043,939 | 50·7 | 43,755 | 70,778 | 38·2 | 86,434 | 210,943 | 59·0 | 384,152 | 762,216 | 49·6 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 319,852 | 642,514 | 50·2 | 25,901 | 43,545 | 40·5 | 54,915 | 129,989 | 57·8 | 239,036 | 468,988 | 49·0 |
| Female | 194,489 | 401,425 | 51·6 | 17,854 | 27,233 | 34·4 | 31,519 | 80,964 | 61·1 | 145,116 | 293,228 | 50·5 |
| Age group | ||||||||||||
| Children (0–14 years) | 171,263 | 634,427 | 73·0 | 20,723 | 35,773 | 42·1 | 17,874 | 113,034 | 84·2 | 132,667 | 485,619 | 72·7 |
| Adults (15–64 years) | 291,707 | 353,454 | 17·5 | 19,768 | 30,154 | 34·4 | 57,857 | 84,695 | 31·7 | 214,082 | 238,604 | 10·3 |
| The elderly (65- years) | 51,371 | 56,058 | 8·4 | 3,264 | 4,851 | 32·7 | 10,703 | 13,214 | 19·0 | 37,403 | 37,993 | 1·6 |
| Intestinal infectious disease | 178,580 | 509,409 | 64·9 | 10,341 | 26,761 | 61·4 | 18,645 | 77,916 | 76·1 | 149,594 | 404,731 | 63·0 |
| Hand-foot-and-mouth disease | 59,448 | 368,116 | 83·9 | 445 | 3,455 | 87·1 | 1,162 | 47,714 | 97·6 | 57,841 | 316,947 | 81·8 |
| Infectious diarrhea* | 115,201 | 133,826 | 13·9 | 9,612 | 22,812 | 57·9 | 16,793 | 28,648 | 41·4 | 88,796 | 82,366 | -7·8 |
| Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis | 2,085 | 3,743 | 44·3 | 152 | 228 | 33·3 | 365 | 808 | 54·8 | 1,568 | 2,707 | 42·1 |
| Others | 1,846 | 3,724 | 50·4 | 132 | 266 | 50·4 | 325 | 746 | 56·4 | 1,389 | 2,711 | 48·8 |
| Respiratory infectious disease | 102,684 | 282,875 | 63·7 | 21,268 | 23,845 | 10·8 | 19,887 | 74,840 | 73·4 | 61,529 | 184,190 | 66·6 |
| Influenza | 35,590 | 184,545 | 80·7 | 16,030 | 15,891 | -0·9 | 5,034 | 50,214 | 90·0 | 14,526 | 118,441 | 87·7 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 53,964 | 70,458 | 23·4 | 4,196 | 6,279 | 33·2 | 12,895 | 18,204 | 29·2 | 36,873 | 45,975 | 19·8 |
| Mumps | 11,453 | 20,265 | 43·5 | 769 | 1,144 | 32·8 | 1,567 | 4,150 | 62·2 | 9,117 | 14,971 | 39·1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 763 | 3,838 | 80·1 | 62 | 301 | 79·4 | 109 | 1,236 | 91·2 | 592 | 2,302 | 74·3 |
| Pertussis | 686 | 1,908 | 64·0 | 187 | 123 | -52·0 | 245 | 415 | 41·0 | 254 | 1,369 | 81·4 |
| Others | 228 | 1,861 | 87·7 | 24 | 107 | 77·6 | 37 | 621 | 94·0 | 167 | 1,132 | 85·2 |
| Natural focal diseases and insect-borne infectious diseases | 851 | 3,751 | 77·3 | 58 | 115 | 49·6 | 189 | 359 | 47·4 | 604 | 3,276 | 81·6 |
| Dengue fever | 50 | 2,643 | 98·1 | 5 | 14 | 64·3 | 4 | 34 | 88·2 | 41 | 2,595 | 98·4 |
| HFRS | 165 | 369 | 55·3 | 12 | 49 | 75·5 | 47 | 119 | 60·5 | 106 | 201 | 47·3 |
| Human brucellosis | 335 | 404 | 17·1 | 25 | 29 | 13·8 | 106 | 151 | 29·8 | 204 | 223 | 8·5 |
| Others | 301 | 335 | 10·1 | 16 | 23 | 30·4 | 32 | 55 | 41·8 | 253 | 257 | 1·6 |
| Blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections | 78,146 | 80,818 | 3·3 | 3543 | 5650 | 37·3 | 15,347 | 17,972 | 14·6 | 59,256 | 57,195 | -3·6 |
| Syphilis | 50,140 | 52,594 | 4·7 | 2529 | 3728 | 32·2 | 11,097 | 12,068 | 8·0 | 36,514 | 36,798 | 0·8 |
| Gonorrhea | 24,221 | 24,096 | -0·5 | 888 | 1666 | 46·7 | 3,531 | 4,999 | 29·4 | 19,802 | 17,430 | -13·6 |
| AIDS | 3,785 | 4,127 | 8·3 | 126 | 255 | 50·6 | 719 | 905 | 20·6 | 2,940 | 2,967 | 0·9 |
| Other infectious diseases | 154,080 | 167,087 | 7·8 | 8545 | 14407 | 40·7 | 32,366 | 39,856 | 18·8 | 113,169 | 112,824 | -0·3 |
| Hepatitis B | 127,567 | 139,217 | 8·4 | 7020 | 11999 | 41·5 | 26,684 | 33,078 | 19·3 | 93,863 | 94,140 | 0·3 |
| Other hepatitis# and neonatal tetanus | 26,513 | 27,870 | 4·9 | 1525 | 2408 | 36·7 | 5,682 | 6,778 | 16·2 | 19,306 | 18,684 | -3·3 |
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Infectious diarrhea here does not include cholera, dysentery, typhoid and paratyphoid fever.
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Other hepatitis includes hepatitis A, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, hepatitis E, and unidentified hepatitis. Relative reduction (%) = 100% × (average annual number of cases during 2015–2019 – number of cases in 2020)/average annual number of cases during 2015–2019. HFRS: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. AIDS: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.