- National Outbreak Reporting - Training videos for NORS
- Health Data A-Z - Links to health data on water-related diseases and injuries
- WBDOSS - Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System
The following web pages provide comprehensive water-related data and resources including:
- Outbreak Data: Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS) and National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS), which are disease surveillance systems used to track nationally notifiable diseases.
- Health Data: an alphabetical listing of data, statistics, and reports on water-related illness and contaminants.
- Environmental Tracking Data: information on water quality measures and contaminants in the environment.
- Biomonitoring Data: information on the measurement of contaminant levels in clinical samples, which is related to the level of a person’s exposure to toxic substances.
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 Index...
Biomonitoring Data
Programs, Databases, Publications...
Top 5 Causes of Drinking and Recreational Water Outbreaks
Top 5 Causes - Drinking Water Outbreaks *
Top 5 Causes - Recreational Water Outbreaks *
For a complete listing of water-related surveillance data, see CDC’s Surveillance Summary for Waterborne Diseases and Outbreaks
- Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
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