Health Statistics


Reportable Communicable Disease Cases, 2000 - 2003


The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Illinois, 1999
The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Illinois, 2000
Reportable Communicable Disease Cases, 1990 - 1999


Diseases 2000 2001 2002 2003
Amebiasis 59 65 49 86
Animal Bites 7,531 No Longer Collected No Longer Collected No Longer Collected
Anthrax 0 0 0 0
Blastomycosis 65 47 87 89
Botulism, Foodborne 0 0 0 0
Botulism, Infant 2 0 1 0
Brucellosis 8 4 7 0
Campylobacter 951 1,256 1,207 1,235
Cat Scratch Fever 5 0 1 0
Chickenpox 12,848 10,653 9,879 3,823
Cholera 0 0 0 0
Cryptococcosis 6 16 1 0
Cysticercosis 5 3 2 0
Diphtheria 0 0 0 0
Ehrlichiosis 1 7 6 9
Encephalitis, Acute Infectious 42 89 173 189
Encephalitis, California 3 5 8 11
Encephalitis, Herpes 3 11 20 19
Encephalitis, Post Chickenpox 1 0 0 1
Encephalitis, Post Infectious Other 0 0 0 0
Encephalitis, Post Vaccinal 0 0 0 0
Encephalitis, St. Louis 0 0 2 0
E. coli 0157:H7 191 174 189 122
Giardiasis 873 904 871 861
Group B Strep Invasive Infections 32 65 54 67
Haemophilus influenzae, Invasive 62 103 120 109
Hepatitis A 696 441 262 186
Hepatitis B 170 218 185 130
Hepatitis non A, non B 21 12 11 22
Hepatitis Unspecified Case 10 7 2 11
Histoplasmosis 59 98 57 67
Jacob-Creutzfeldt Disease 3 1 7 4
Kawasaki Disease 10 5 2 2
Legionnaires Disease 33 24 28 50
Hansens Disease (Leprosy) 1 1 4 0
Leptospirosis 0 0 1 0
Listeriosis 20 24 18 21
Lyme Disease 35 32 47 71
Malaria 68 71 61 46
Measles 3 3 1 1
Meningitis, Aseptic 584 1,457 1,054 1,247
Meningitis, Cryptococcal 30 26 10 12
Meningitis, Listeria 3 0 5 3
Meningitis, Pneumococcal 67 61 88 59
Meningitis, Staphylococcal 22 19 8 6
Meningococcal Invasive Disease 91 88 57 73
Mumps 6 21 18 8
Pertussis 133 194 231 320
Poliomyelitis 0 0 0 0
Psittacosis 0 0 0 0
Rabies, Animal 22 24 31 24
Rabies, Human 0 0 0 0
Reye Syndrome 0 0 0 0
Rheumatic Fever 0 2 2 1
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever 5 12 12 5
Rubella 1 2 2 0
Scarlet Fever 1,921 No Longer Collected No Longer Collected No Longer Collected
Salmonella 1,502 1,383 1,770 1,955
Shigella 1,188 630 1,105 1,006
Streptococcal infectious, invasive due to Group A Streptococcus 124 272 326 417
Streptococcal sore throat 66,527 No Longer Collected No Longer Collected No Longer Collected
Tetanus 1 2 1 0
Toxic Shock Syndrome 3 4 1 9
Trichinosis 2 1 1 0
Tuberculosis 743 707 680 633
Tularemia 4 14 5 1
Typhoid Fever Cases 26 18 17 17
Typhus, Murine 1 0 0 1
Yersinosis 19 38 25 22




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