| group B streptococcus |
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Objective:
Decrease the incidence of invasive early-onset group B streptococcal disease to 0.5 cases per 1,000 live births. |
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Baseline:
1.0 cases per 1,000 live births in 1996 |
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Status:
0.6 cases per 1,000 live births in 1998; 0.91 cases/1,000 in whites in 1997; 1.5 cases/1,00 in blacks in 1997 |
| Haemophilus influenzae |
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Objective:
Decrease the incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B disease to zero cases per 100,000 persons less than 5 years of age. |
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Baseline:
0.6 cases per 100,000 in 1997 |
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Status: same as baseline |
| Bacterial Meningitis |
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Objective:
Reduce the incidence of bacterial meningitis in children 1 month to 23 months to 8.6 per 100,000. |
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Baseline:
13.0 per 100,000 in 1998 |
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Status:
same as baseline |
| Meningococcal Disease |
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Objective:
Reduce the overall incidence of meningococcal disease to 1.0 per 100,000. |
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Baseline:
1.3 per 100,000 in 1997 |
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Status:
same as baseline |
| Pneumococcal infections |
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Objective:
Decrease the incidence of invasive pneumococcal infections to 50 per 100,000 in persons less than five years and to 46 per 100,000 in persons aged 65 and older. |
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Baseline:
76 per 100,000 less than 5 years in 1997 62 per 100,000 aged 65 and older in 1997 |
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Status:
same as baseline |
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Objective:
Decrease the incidence of invasive penicillin-resistant pneumococcal infections to 9.4 per 100,000 in persons less than 5 years and to 6.8 per 100,000 in persons aged 65 and older. |
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Baseline:
15.7 per 100,000 less than 5 years in 1995-96 8.5 per 100,000 aged 65 and older in 1995-96 |
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Status:
same as baseline |
