COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTED TO THE
N.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
MECKLENBURG COUNTY RESIDENTS: MARCH 2002
(Reflects Report Dates Not Always Onset Dates)
DISEASES
2
AIDS
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter Infection
Cholera
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Dengue
Diphtheria
E. coli 0157:H7
Ehrlichiosis
Encephalitis, arboviral
Enterococci, Vancomycin-resistant (“VRE”)
Foodborne Disease:
C. perfringens
Staphylococcal
Other or Unknown Foodborne
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome/Thombotic
1
March 2002
4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
Mar 5-yr. Average
1
1
YTD 5-yr. Average
4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
YTD
15
0
0
0
9
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
7
21
0
20
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
10
1
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
18
70
1
62
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
12
34
1
50
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
4
0
15
0
0
0
10
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Hemophilus influenzae, Invasive Disease
Hepatitis, Viral:
Type A
Type B, Acute
Type B, Carrier
Type C, Acute
3
HIV Infection
Legionellosis
Leptospirosis
4
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Measles (Rubeola), Total
Indigenous
Imported
Meningitis, Pneumococcal
Meningococcal Disease
Mumps
Plague
Polio, paralytic
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Rabies:
5
Animal
Human
Reported Diseases
Page two
DISEASES
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rubella
Rubella, Congenital Syndrome
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Streptococcal Infection, Group A Invasive Disease
Tetanus
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxoplasmosis, Congenital
Trichinosis
Tularemia
Typhoid, Acute
Typhoid Carrier
Typhus, Epidemic (Louse-Borne)
Vibrio Infection, other than vulnifucus & cholera
Vibrio vulnifucus
Whooping Cough
Yellow Fever
Tuberculosis
1
March 2002
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
Mar 5-yr. Average
1
0
0
0
6
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
4
YTD
1
0
0
29
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
10
0
176
166
0
0
21
31
10
0
1
722
408
0
0
70
166
17
0
1
YTD 5-yr. Average
1
0
0
25
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
13
Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
Chancroid
Chlamydia (Laboratory confirmed)
Gonorrhea
6
Penicillinase-Producing Gonorrhea
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Syphilis
Congenital Syphilis
0
309
165
0
0
34
67
4
0
0
460
416
0
0
64
46
32
0
TO REPORT DISEASES BY TELEPHONE:
Animal bite consults: Al Piercy 704 336-6440
General Diseases including Hepatitis B: • Nancy Hill 704 336-5498 • Jane Hoffman 704 336-5490 •
Lorraine Houser 704 336-6438
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS: Carlos McCoy 704 336-3355 • Regional Office 704 336-6480
Suspected Foodborne Outbreaks: Bill Hardister 704 336-5533
Tuberculosis: Lou Cook 704 921-6316
To obtain a supply of the North Carolina Communicable Disease Report Cards: Lisa Sealey 704 336-2817 •
Regional Office 704 336-6480
1 Figures subject to change, diseases emboldened are reported within 24 hours and 7 days for all others diseases.
2 This number reflects the number of AIDS cases reported this month to the North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services. As of February 1996, AIDS cases in North Carolina are attributed to year of report. The
cumulative number for AIDS cases is 1,453 in Mecklenburg County and 11,159 in North Carolina as of March
31, 2002. The cumulative number of AIDS cases reported to the CDC is 774,467 as of December 31, 2000.
AIDS case reporting began in 1984.
3 The cumulative number for HIV Infection (not AIDS) is 3,749 in Mecklenburg County and 21,993 in North
Carolina. This figure is based on reports of confidential testing done between February 1990 – March 31, 2002.
4 Reportable as of June 2001
5 raccoons
6 Morbidity cards do not always indicate Penicillinase-testing results. The PPNG number is included in gonorrhea
total.
Statistics compiled by PH Epidemiology and MCHD Communicable Disease. 3/2002