Communicable Disease in New York City - Rate Per 100,000 of Selected Diseases by Diagnosis Date: 1989 - 1999

Disease 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
                       
Aids 91.8 101.8 118.7 139.4 159.4 131.6 89.5 139.9 116.6 99.8 79.4
Amebiasis 3.6 5.6 6.0 6.4 9.7 9.6 13.1 11.6 11.1 12.8 11.0
Babesiosis 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Campylobacteriosis 9.1 10.8 12.3 15.9 17.6 18.3 17 16.7 13.8 12.7 9.6
Encephalitis Other 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.9
Giardiasis 6.8 11.1 12.9 14.9 26.4 33.5 33.4 30.6 23.7 26.3 24.8
Gonorrhea 555.5 481.2 395.3 296.5 252.3 262.8 219.8 173.8 193.0 160.4 123.4
Haemophilus Influenzae (1) 2.0 1.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7
Hepatitis A 6.9 10.8 17.5 12.1 14.0 12.9 13.5 8.1 12.1 7.0 5.3
Hepatitis B 19.4 9.2 6.0 6.0 6.4 7.4 7.0 6.6 6.1 5.2 3.9
Kawasaki Syndrome 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1
Legionellosis (2) 0.9 1.3 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
Lyme Disease 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.4 2.9 1.3 6.1 5.4 2.3 1.9 1.8
Malaria 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.0 1.4 3.0 3.6 4.1 3.2 3.3
Measles 1.9 15.1 26.1 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 N/A
Meningitis Viral 2.7 2.3 5.8 2.4 3.7 2.0 2.1 1.7 2.1 2.9 4.0
Meningococcal (1) 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.7
Meningitis Other 4.4 2.7 2.7 2.0 2.7 2.8 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.1
Mumps 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.9 N/A
Pertussis 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.6 3.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.2 N/A
RMSF 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0
Rubella 0.2 0.1 0.0 0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 N/A
Salmonellosis (3) 27.7 23.0 23.3 25.0 27.6 25.9 29.1 25.7 24.0 24.3 19.2
Shigellosis 4.9 9.2 5.8 10.3 9.2 13.7 11.4 8.4 12.8 9.1 4.6
Syphilis Early 140.0 160.4 135.2 104.1 66.6 40.7 31.0 16.2 10.1 9.7 7.5
Toxic Shock Syndrome 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0.0
Tuberculosis (4) 34.9 48.1 50.2 52 44.2 40.9 33.4 27.5 22.9 20.7 19.2
Typhoid Fever 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6
Yersiniosis 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3

1Case definition require positive culture from blood, spinal, or other sterile sites.
2Beginning 1991 only confirmed cases reported.
3Salmonellosis paratyphi A and B plus Salmonellosis nontyphoidal.
4Revised in 1978 to include persons with verified disease in past or lost to supervision for more than 12 months and had disease again.