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The following web pages provide comprehensive water-related data and resources on Waterborne Outbreak Data, Health Surveillance Data, Environmental Tracking, and Biomonitoring Information.
Waterborne Outbreak Data contains information regarding the Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS), a national surveillance system for waterborne disease and outbreaks, including links to surveillance summaries dating back to 1971. Also included is information on the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) that will be activating in 2009.
Health Data contains an alphabetical listing of data, statistics, and reports on water-related illness and contaminants, highlighting surveillance systems, surveillance data, and outbreak reports. Also included is information on Nationally Notifiable Diseases and the United States Estimate of Waterborne Disease developed for public water systems in the U.S.
Environmental Tracking Data provides information on environmental public health tracking and tracking systems and databases that collect data on water quality measures and contaminants in the environment.
Biomonitoring Data highlights water-related biomonitoring data and statistics, as well as related publications. This section provides information on the measurement of contaminant levels in clinical samples which is related to the level of a person’s exposure to toxic substances. Some data sources may list many different contaminants for which exposure may not just be water related.
Water-related Data and Statistics Topics
- Waterborne Outbreak Data
- Disease & Outbreak Surveillance (WBDOSS),
- Reporting (NORS)...
- Environmental Tracking Data
- Environmental Tracking,
- Water Testing,
- Beach Monitoring...
- Health Data
- Waterborne Disease Estimate,
- Notifiable Diseases,
- Data A-Z...
- Biomonitoring Data
- Programs,
- Databases,
- Publications...
Waterborne Disease & Outbreak Reports
2005-2006
- Surveillance for Waterborne Disease and Outbreaks --- United States, 2005--2006 - PDF Version (PDF, 991 kb, 72 pages)
For reports from previous years, please see Waterborne Disease & Outbreak Reports.
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