Notice to Readers: Final 2008 Reports of Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases

Notice to Readers: Final 2008 Reports of Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases

The tables listed on pages 859--869 summarize finalized data for 2008, as of June 30, 2009, from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). These data will be published in more detail in the Summary of Notifiable Diseases --- United States, 2008 (1). During 2008, no cases of anthrax; diphtheria; nonneuroinvasive eastern equine encephalitis virus disease; poliomyelitis, paralytic; poliovirus infection, nonparalytic; Powassan virus disease, nonneuroinvasive; rubella, congenital syndrome; severe acute respiratory syndrome--associated coronavirus disease; smallpox, vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection; neuroinvasive and nonneuroinvasive western equine encephalitis virus disease; and yellow fever were reported in the United States; therefore, these diseases do not appear in these early release tables. Policies for reporting NNDSS data to CDC can vary by disease or reporting jurisdiction, depending on case status classification (i.e., confirmed, probable, or suspected).

The publication criteria used for the 2008 finalized tables are listed in the "Print Criteria" column of the NNDSS event code list, available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/phs/files/nndss_event_code_list_january_2008.pdf. The NNDSS website is updated annually to include the latest national surveillance case definitions approved by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists for enumerating data on nationally notifiable infectious diseases.

Population estimates for the states are from the National Center for Health Statistics. Estimates of the July 1, 2000-- July 1, 2007, United States resident population are from the Vintage 2007 postcensal series by year, county, age, sex, race, and Hispanic ethnicity, prepared under a collaborative arrangement with the U.S. Census Bureau and available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/popbridge.htm. Population estimates for territories are 2007 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau available at http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/summaries.html.

Reference
CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases, United States, 2008. MMWR 2008;57(53)(in press).

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