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

Indicator 48. Illness

Number of reported cases of selected diseases among 15- to 24-year-olds: 1981 to 1990

_________________________________________________________________    Disease    |        |        |        |           |          |    and age    |  1981  |  1982  |  1983  |   1984    |    1985  | ______________|________|________|________|___________|__________| Polio   15 to 19 ...       2        0        0           0          0     20 to 24 ...       0        2        2           2          0    Measles   15 to 19 ...     466      279      382         676          0     20 to 24 ...     128       92      163         204        251    Tuberculosis   15 to 19 ...     656      560      530         414        464     20 to 24 ...   1,542    1,407    1,375       1,268      1,208    Gonorrhea   15 to 19 1/. 243,432  235,086  220,385     210,530    218,821     20 to 24 1/. 374,562  363,135  340,378     329,476    341,645    Syphilis   15 to 19 1/.   4,173    4,517    4,395       3,218      3,132     20 to 24 1/.   8,792    9,461    9,204       8,069      7,717    AIDS   15 to 19 ...      ---      ---      ---       ---          30     20 to 24 ...      ---      ---      ---       ---         349   _________________________________________________________________  

 _________________________________________________________________    Disease    |         |          |         |         |    and age    |   1986  |   1987   |  1988   |  1989   |  1990 ______________|_________|__________|_________|_________|_________ Polio   15 to 19 ...       0          0         0         0       ---   20 to 24 ...       0          0         0         1       ---  Measles   15 to 19 ...   1,159      1,071     1,045     4,403     3,106   20 to 24 ...     304        187       239     1,578     2,540  Tuberculosis   15 to 19 ...     513        535       432       514       577   20 to 24 ...   1,206      1,241     1,184     1,228     1,290  Gonorrhea   15 to 19 1/. 215,918    188,233   195,312   204,023   183,865   20 to 24 1/. 337,711    292,938   230,797   225,200   200,625  Syphilis   15 to 19 1/.   3,133      4,331     3,969     4,408     5,184   20 to 24 1/.   7,885     10,209     9,903    10,495    11,224  AIDS   15 to 19 ...      47         70       100       108       148   20 to 24 ...     616        937     1,343     1,378     1,567 _______________________________________________________________
---Data not collected.

1/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.

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