A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Indicator 48. Illness

Total number of reported cases of selected youth-related diseases, for all age groups: 1950 to 1990

__________________________________________________________________________               |        |        |Tubercu-|           |          |      Year     | Polio  |Measles |losis 1/|Gonorrhea2/|Syphilis2/|   AIDS ______________|________|________|________|___________|__________|_________ 1950 .........  33,300  319,124  121,742     286,746    217,558       --- 1955 .........  28,985  555,156   77,368     236,197    122,392       --- 1960 .........   3,190  441,703   55,494     258,933    122,538       --- 1965 .........      61  261,904   49,016     324,925    112,842       --- 1970 .........      31   47,351   37,137     600,072     91,382       --- 1975 .........       8   24,374   33,989     999,937     80,356       --- 1980 .........       9   13,506   27,749   1,004,029     68,832       ---  1985 .........       7    2,822   22,201     911,419     27,131     8,249 1986 ..........      8    6,282   22,768     900,868     27,883    12,932 1987 .........       6    3,655   22,517     780,905     35,147    21,070 1988 .........       9    3,396   22,436     719,536     40,117    31,001 1989 .........       5   18,193   23,495     733,151     44,540    33,722 1990 .........       7   27,786   25,701     690,169     50,223    41,595 ___________________________________________________________________________ 

1/Data for 1975 and later years are not comparable to prior years due to changes in reporting criteria.
2/Civilian cases only.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Annual Summaries, various years.