
In December 2014, there were a total of 556,111 notifiable disease reports in the Chinese mainland, with 1,710 deaths. There were no category A notifiable diseases. There were no reports of SARS, poliomyelitis, highly pathogenic avian influenza and diphtheria. A total of 283,364 cases in 22 category B notifiable diseases were reported, with 1,695 deaths. The most frequent attacks were from viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorrhea and scarlet fever, accounting for 92 percent of category B notifiable diseases.
At the same time, there were a total of 272,747 category C notifiable disease reports, with 15 deaths. The most frequent cases were from other infectious diarrheas, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, and influenza, accounting for 94 percent of category C notifiable diseases.
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National notifiable disease cases and death statistics in December 2014
|
Disease |
Cases |
Deaths** |
|
Category A, B, C notifiable diseases |
556,111 |
1,710 |
|
Category A, B notifiable diseases |
283,364 |
1,695 |
|
Pestilence |
0 |
0 |
|
Cholera |
0 |
0 |
|
SARS |
0 |
0 |
|
AIDS |
5,411 |
1,410 |
|
Viral hepatitis |
114,890 |
41 |
|
Hepatitis A |
2,733 |
1 |
|
Hepatitis B |
88,397 |
31 |
|
Hepatitis C |
18,893 |
8 |
|
Hepatitis E |
2,238 |
1 |
|
Unidentified hepatitis |
2,629 |
0 |
|
Poliomyelitis |
0 |
0 |
|
Highly pathogenic avian influenza |
0 |
0 |
|
Measles |
1,485 |
1 |
|
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever |
1,454 |
10 |
|
Rabies |
87 |
78 |
|
Epidemic encephalitis B |
12 |
0 |
|
Dengue |
180 |
0 |
|
Anthrax |
14 |
0 |
|
Bacterial and amebic dysentery |
7,605 |
0 |
|
Tuberculosis |
93,000 |
141 |
|
Typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever |
918 |
0 |
|
Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis |
11 |
0 |
|
Whooping cough |
298 |
0 |
|
Diphtheria |
0 |
0 |
|
Neonatal tetanus |
34 |
1 |
|
Scarlet fever |
8,615 |
0 |
|
Brucellosis |
3,304 |
0 |
|
Gonorrhea |
9,101 |
2 |
|
Syphilis |
36,372 |
5 |
|
Leptospirosis |
207 |
1 |
|
Blood flukes |
135 |
0 |
|
Malaria |
212 |
1 |
|
H7N9 bird flu |
19 |
4 |
|
Category C notifiable disease |
272,747 |
15 |
|
Influenza |
25,477 |
1 |
|
Mumps |
14,085 |
1 |
|
Rubella |
496 |
0 |
|
Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis |
2,390 |
0 |
|
Lepriasis |
73 |
0 |
|
Typhus fever |
112 |
0 |
|
Black fever |
59 |
0 |
|
Hydatid disease |
380 |
0 |
|
Filariasis |
0 |
0 |
|
Other infectious diarrheas |
123,019 |
3 |
|
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease |
106,656 |
10 |
* Viral hepatitis attacks and deaths include hepatitis A, B, C, E and unidentified hepatitis.
**Death data from the infectious disease direct network report is not used to judge rank order of infectious disease death causes in China.
Link: China's Central Government / World Health Organization / United Nations Population Fund / UNICEF in China
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