Disease | Incidence Estimate | US people estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Lyme disease |
approx 1 in 2,719 or 0.04% or 100,000 people in USA |
100,000 |
estimated 100,000 cases annually (NIAID/USA)
|
| Granuloma inguinale |
approx 1 in 1,000,000 or 0.00% or 272 people in USA |
272 |
0.1 new cases per 100,000 population of donovanosis was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
|
| Bacterial vaginosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Gonorrhea |
approx 1 in 339 or 0.29% or 800,000 people in USA |
800,000 |
800,000 cases (CDC estimate/NIAID)
|
| Syphilis |
approx 1 in 3,885 or 0.03% or 70,000 people in USA |
70,000 |
70,000 cases (NIAID; CDC 2001)
|
| Congenital syphilis |
approx 1 in 489,208 or 0.00% or 556 people in USA |
556 |
556 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Mycobacterium avium Complex |
approx 1 in 100,000 or 0.00% or 2,720 people in USA |
2,720 |
1 per 100,000 annually (DBMD)
|
| Melioidosis |
approx 1 in 0 or 0.00% or 0 people in USA |
0 |
0-5 cases annually (DBMD)
|
| Anthrax |
approx 1 in 0 or 0.00% or 0 people in USA |
0 |
0 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Leptospirosis |
approx 1 in 2,720,000 or 0.00% or 100 people in USA |
99 |
100-200 cases annually in USA (DBMD)
|
| Whooping Cough |
approx 1 in 36,731 or 0.00% or 7,405 people in USA |
7,405 |
7,405 cases annually in USA (1998); under-diagnosis of cases in adults means the real prevalence may be much higher
|
| Leprosy |
approx 1 in 2,518,518 or 0.00% or 108 people in USA |
108 |
108 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Tetanus |
approx 1 in 6,800,000 or 0.00% or 40 people in USA |
40 |
40 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); rare due to vaccination.
|
| Plague |
approx 1 in 30,222,221 or 0.00% or 9 people in USA |
9 |
9 annual cases of plague notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Bubonic plague |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pneumonic plague |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Scarlet fever |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Streptococcal Infections |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Invasive group A Streptococcal disease |
approx 1 in 114,189 or 0.00% or 2,382 people in USA |
2,382 |
2,382 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); 1.95 per 100,000 in Canada 20001
|
| Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome |
approx 1 in 4,459,016 or 0.00% or 61 people in USA |
61 |
61 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Meningococcal disease |
approx 1 in 108,756 or 0.00% or 2,500 people in USA |
2,500 |
2,501 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Bacteremia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Strep throat |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Cholera |
approx 1 in 45,333,334 or 0.00% or 5 people in USA |
5 |
6 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Dysentery |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Amebic dysentery |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Shigellosis |
approx 1 in 15,524 or 0.01% or 17,521 people in USA |
17,521 |
17,521 annual cases of shigellosis notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Diphtheria |
approx 1 in 272,000,000 or 0.00% or 1 people in USA |
1 |
1 annual case notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Cutaneous diphtheria |
approx 1 in 100,000,000 or 0.00% or 2 people in USA |
2 |
Approximately 0.001 cases per 100,000 population in the U.S. since 1980 (DBMD)
|
| Respiratory diphtheria |
approx 1 in 100,000,000 or 0.00% or 2 people in USA |
2 |
Approximately 0.001 per 100,000 in USA (DBMD)
|
| Legionnaires' disease |
approx 1 in 245,487 or 0.00% or 1,107 people in USA |
1,107 |
1,108 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Tuberculosis |
approx 1 in 14,814 or 0.01% or 18,360 people in USA |
18,360 |
18,361 cases annually in the USA (1998); 8 million people worldwide develop active TB and 3 million die; 17,531 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); 5.50 per 100,000 in Canada 20001
|
| Latent tuberculosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Hemophilus influenzae B |
approx 1 in 1,042,145 or 0.00% or 260 people in USA |
260 |
261 annual cases of invasive HIB in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Typhoid fever |
approx 1 in 786,127 or 0.00% or 346 people in USA |
346 |
346 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
approx 1 in 469,775 or 0.00% or 578 people in USA |
578 |
579 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus |
approx 1 in 400,000 or 0.00% or 680 people in USA |
680 |
0.25 per 100,000 (DBMD 1997)
|
| Vibrio vulnificus |
approx 1 in 906,666 or 0.00% or 300 people in USA |
299 |
less than 300 cases in 1988-1995 (DBMD)
|
| Vibrio |
approx 1 in 1,163,314 or 0.00% or 233 people in USA |
233 |
7 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS)
|
| Yersiniosis |
approx 1 in 100,000 or 0.00% or 2,720 people in USA |
2,720 |
approx 1 per 100,000 annually (DBMD); 19 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS)
|
| Whipple's Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Bacterial digestive infections |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Acute Appendicitis |
approx 1 in 400 or 0.25% or 680,000 people in USA |
680,000 |
25 per 10,000 (age 10-17), 1-2 per per 10,000 (under 4)
|
| Meningitis |
approx 1 in 10,879 or 0.01% or 25,000 people in USA |
25,000 |
approximately 25,000 cases of bacterial meningitis annually in USA; 206 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
|
| Bacterial meningitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Encephalitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Impetigo |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Cellulitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Carbuncle |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Boil |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Acne |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Sepsis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Septicemia |
approx 1 in 2,767 or 0.04% or 98,300 people in USA |
98,298 |
1,648 annual cases in Victora 1996 (DHS-VIC)
|
| Pneumonia |
approx 1 in 56 or 1.76% or 4.8 million people in USA |
4,800,000 |
4.8 million annual cases (1996); 1.8 per 100 (NHIS96)
|
| Ptomaine food poisoning |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Salmonella food poisoning |
approx 1 in 194 or 0.51% or 1.4 million people in USA |
1,400,000 |
estimated 1.4 million cases (CDC estimate/NIAID, many unreported)
|
| Salmonella enteritidis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Staphylococcal infection |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Botulism food poisoning |
approx 1 in 1,766,233 or 0.00% or 153 people in USA |
153 |
154 annual cases notified in USA 1999 including 23 foodborne, 92 infant, and 39 other (MMWR 1999)
|
| Infant botulism food poisoning |
approx 1 in 2,956,521 or 0.00% or 92 people in USA |
92 |
92 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| E-coli food poisoning |
approx 1 in 10,879 or 0.01% or 25,000 people in USA |
25,000 |
25,000 cases per year estimated
|
| Rheumatic fever |
approx 1 in 83 or 1.20% or 3.3 million people in USA |
3,264,000 |
12 per 1000 (NHIS95)
|
| Brucellosis |
approx 1 in 3,317,073 or 0.00% or 82 people in USA |
82 |
82 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Ehrlichiosis |
approx 1 in 900,662 or 0.00% or 301 people in USA |
301 |
302 annual cases (203 of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis and 99 of human monocytic ehrlichiosis) notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Psittacosis |
approx 1 in 17,000,000 or 0.00% or 16 people in USA |
16 |
16 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
|
| Acanthamoeba |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Granulomatous amebic encephalitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Relapsing fever |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Naegleria |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Listeriosis |
approx 1 in 108,800 or 0.00% or 2,500 people in USA |
2,500 |
estimated 2,500 annually in USA (DBMD)
|
| Scombrotoxic fish poisoning |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Trachoma |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Chlamydia pneumoniae |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA |
2,000,000 |
estimated 2 million cases annually (DBMD)
|
| Mycobacterial infections |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Q fever |
approx 1 in 25,641 or 0.00% or 10,608 people in USA |
10,608 |
3.9 new cases per 100,000 population of Q Fever were notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
|
| STARI |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Yaws |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Actinomycosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lymphogranuloma venereum |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Severe bacterial infection |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
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