Infectious
Diseases
(Data are for
U.S. for year indicated)
Morbidity
Number
of new tuberculosis cases: 14,097 (2005)
Number
of new salmonella cases: 45,332 (2005)
Number
of new Lyme disease cases: 23,305 (2005)
Number
of new meningococcal disease cases: 1,245 (2005)
Source: Health,
United States: 2007, Tables 51
Health
care use
Ambulatory
care
Number
of visits to office-based physicians for infectious and parasitic diseases: 26.7 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Summary, Table 12
Number
of hospital outpatient department visits for infectious and parasitic
diseases: 3.5 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 10
Number
of hospital emergency department visits for infectious and parasitic
diseases: 3.5 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Emergency Department Summary, Table
10
More data
Seroprevalence
of six infectious diseases among adults in the United States by
race/ethnicity: Data from the third National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, 1988-94
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