QuickStats FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS Age-Adjusted Death Rates* for the Five Leading Causes of Death * Per 100,000 standard population. During 2001-2006, heart disease and cancer were the leading causes of death in the United States, accounting for nearly half of all deaths each year. During this period, the age-adjusted death rate for heart disease declined 19.5%, from 247.8 per 100,000 standard population to 199.4, and the age-adjusted cancer death rate declined 7.8%, from 196.0 to 180.8. Changes in the other leading causes of death were less pronounced. SOURCE: Heron M, Hoyert DL, Xu J, Scott C, Tejada B. Deaths: preliminary data for 2006. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2008;56(16). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_16.pdf. 3LE I. Provisional cases of infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) ek ending June 14, 2008 (24th Week)* ease rax lism: oodborne fant >ther (wound & unspecified) cellosis incroid United States, 827 578 506 338 321 MD (5), VA (1), GA (1), TN (4), AL (1) Fཆ88°t⌘ 「&€b_ ¥Rea⌘|||°¥¥*[༅| 1521 6 16 0332756 4 1 14 1 6 4 NY (2), MI (1), MD (1), VA (1), NC (5), FL (1), IL (2), WI (1), VA (1), NC (1) NY (1), PA (1) TX (1) PA (2), MD (1), CO (1), CA (4) Incidence data for reporting years 2007 and 2008 are provisional, whereas data for 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 are finalized. Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Additional information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphs/phs/files/5yearweeklyaverage.pdf. Not notifiable in all states. Data from states where the condition is not notifiable are excluded from this table, except in 2007 and 2008 for the domestic arboviral diseases and influenza-associated pediatric mortality, and in 2003 for SARS-CoV. Reporting exceptions are available at http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/phs/infdis.htm. Includes both neuroinvasive and nonneuroinvasive. Updated weekly from reports to the Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, VectorBorne, and Enteric Diseases (ArboNET Surveillance). Data for West Nile virus are available in Table II. The names of the reporting categories changed in 2008 as a result of revisions to the case definitions. Cases reported prior to 2008 were reported in the categories: Ehrlichiosis, human monocytic (analogous to E. chaffeensis); Ehrlichiosis, human granulocytic (analogous to Anaplasma phagocytophilum), and Ehrlichiosis, unspecified, or other agent (which included cases unable to be clearly placed in other categories, as well as possible cases of E. ewingii). Data for H. influenzae (all ages, all serotypes) are available in Table II. Updated monthly from reports to the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. Implementation of HIV reporting influences the number of cases reported. Updates of pediatric HIV data have been temporarily suspended until upgrading of the national HIV/AIDS surveillance data management system is completed. Data for HIV/AIDS, when available, are displayed in Table IV, which appears quarterly. Updated weekly from reports to the Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Eighty-four cases occurring during the 2007-08 influenza season have been reported. No measles cases were reported for the current week. Data for meningococcal disease (all serogroups) are available in Table II. In 2008, Q fever acute and chronic reporting categories were recognized as a result of revisions to the Q fever case definition. Prior to that time, case counts were not differentiated with respect to acute and chronic Q fever cases. No rubella cases were reported for the current week. Updated weekly from reports to the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases. TABLE I. (Continued) Provisional cases of infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) United States, week ending June 14, 2008 (24th Week)* 5 69 2812046012 132 125 129 423 349 329 27 41 27 92 101 90 5 15 16 Toxic-shock syndrome (staphylococcal)$ Tularemia Typhoid fever Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus$ -: No reported cases. N: Not notifiable. Cum: Cumulative year-to-date counts. * Incidence data for reporting years 2007 and 2008 are provisional, whereas data for 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 are finalized. † Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Additional information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/phs/files/5yearweeklyaverage.pdf. § Not notifiable in all states. Data from states where the condition is not notifiable are excluded from this table, except in 2007 and 2008 for the domestic arboviral diseases and influenza-associated pediatric mortality, and in 2003 for SARS-CoV. Reporting exceptions are available at http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphs/phs/infdis.htm. FIGURE I. Selected notifiable disease reports, United States, comparison of provisional *Ratio of current 4-week total to mean of 15 4-week totals (from previous, comparable, and subsequent 4-week periods 3LE II. Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending June 14, 2008, and June 16, 2007 h Week)* 3,059 3,578 32 32 ZZZ||Z ZZZZ |ZZ||Z |ZZ||ZZZ |||ZZ ZZZZ ZZZZ | Z |ZZ ZZZ♡||| ZZZZ Z ||Z 97 10100O 170 2,095 2,214 168 2,050 2,150 3 7 1 217 938 0 217 938 0 0 1000 Izllzzzz8z8Iw58zzz zz-z- zzzz| ZZZZZZ||N zzz||zz| zväzz zzzz| z|-zzz. 30 4111T N N N 2000NO 3 4 120 N N 5 01000 42 idence data for reporting years 2007 and 2008 are provisional. Data for HIV/AIDS, AIDS, and TB, when available, are displayed in Table IV, which appears quarterly. lamydia refers to genital infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. ntains data reported through the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS). |