Communicable Disease in New York City - Rate Per 100,000 of Selected Diseases by Diagnosis Date: 1993 - 2002

Disease Diagnosis Year
 1993   1994   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002 
Aids1 156.2 153.9 135.9 112.2 89.0 66.9 62.1 73.0 59.6 48.4
Amebiasis 9.7 9.6 13.4 11.8 11.4 13.3 11.6 8.5 7.6 7.3
Babesiosis 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Campylobacteriosis 17.6 18.3 17.3 17.0 14.3 13.1 9.9 11.6 9.1 8.9
Encephalitis 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 2.0 2.4 2.2 3.0
Giardiasis 26.5 33.6 33.9 31.2 24.3 26.7 25.8 23.4 19.1 17.7
Gonorrhea 252.3 262.8 223.4 177.5 193.8 165.4 166.7 145.7 157.5 160.0
Haemophilus Influenzae2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9
Hepatitis A 14.1 12.9 13.8 8.5 12.6 8.1 5.6 7.1 5.7 5.6
Hepatitis B 6.4 7.5 6.8 6.9 6.3 5.8 4.1 7.5 8.4 9.1
Legionellosis3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8
Lyme Disease 2.9 1.3 6.4 5.6 2.7 3.4 2.2 2.4 1.2 0.7
Malaria 2.0 1.4 3.0 3.7 4.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9
Measles 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1
Meningitis Viral 3.7 2.0 2.1 1.7 2.1 2.9 4.2 5.5 6.3 6.7
Meningococcal2 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4
Bacterial Meningitis 2.7 2.8 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.3 1.1 1.6
Mumps 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.02
Pertussis 1.6 3.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
RMSF 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.02
Rubella 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.02
Salmonellosis4 27.5 25.8 29.7 26.3 24.2 23.9 20.5 16.1 17.0 17.4
Shigellosis 9.2 13.8 11.6 8.6 12.9 9.3 5.0 12.7 5.2 6.3
Syphilis Early 66.6 40.7 31.0 16.2 10.1 9.7 7.5 7.0 10.4 14.5
Toxic Shock Syndrome 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01
Tuberculosis5 44.2 40.9 33.4 28.0 23.6 21.3 19.9 17.9 15.7 13.5
Typhoid Fever 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4
Yersiniosis 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

1Based on Diagnosis year, Data as of June 8, 2004 (excludes inmates)
2Case definition require positive culture from blood, spinal, or other sterile sites
3Beginning 1991 only confirmed cases reported
4Salmonellosis nontyphoidal
5 Revised in 1978 to include persons with verified disease in past and lost to supervision for more than 12 months and had disease again

Last updated on 7/8/2004 by Division of Epidemiology