Bernard Allen
Question:102 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the figures for all infectious diseases reported in each of the years 1990, 1995 and 1998. [23944/99]
Written Answers. - Infectious Diseases.
The cases of infectious diseases notified to my Department by the health boards for the years 1990, 1995 and 1998 are:
|
Infectious Disease |
1990 |
1995 |
1998 |
|
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Acute Encephalitis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Acute Viral Meningitis |
300 |
74 |
32 |
|
Anthrax |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Bacillary Dysentery |
277 |
97 |
120 |
|
Bacterial Meningitis (including meningococcal septicaemia) |
131 |
382 |
491 |
|
Brucellosis |
15 |
6 |
15 |
|
Cholera |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
nvCreutzfeldt Jakob Disease |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Diphtheria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Food Poisoning (bacterial other than salmonella) |
157 |
100 |
1,235 |
|
Gastro Enteritis (when contracted by children under 2 years of age) |
3,758 |
3,234 |
3,483 |
|
Infectious Mononucleosis |
208 |
156 |
217 |
|
Infectious Parotitis (Mumps) |
48 |
27 |
57 |
|
Influenzal Pneumonia |
94 |
31 |
4 |
|
Legionnaires Disease |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Leptospirosis |
5 |
1 |
12 |
|
Malaria |
12 |
9 |
16 |
|
Measles |
556 |
235 |
204 |
|
Ornithosis |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Plague |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rabies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rubella |
258 |
100 |
83 |
|
Salmonellosis (other than typhoid or paratyphoid) |
473 |
571 |
1,261 |
|
Smallpox |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tetanus |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Tuberculosis |
613 |
458 |
439 |
|
Typhoid & Paratyphoid |
0 |
4 |
3 |
|
Typhus |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Viral Haemorrhagic Disease |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Viral Hepatitis Type A |
538 |
133 |
218 |
|
Viral Hepatitis Type B |
11 |
11 |
155 |
|
Viral Hepatitis Unspecified |
398 |
66 |
147 |
|
Whooping Cough |
803 |
436 |
252 |
|
Yellow Fever |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: |
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|
Ano-Genital Warts |
917 |
1,972 |
2,886 |
|
Candidiasis |
1,056 |
1,271 |
1,277 |
|
Chancroid |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Chlamydia Trachomatis |
215 |
245 |
646 |
|
Genital Herpes Simplex |
123 |
198 |
243 |
|
Gonorrhoea |
90 |
91 |
125 |
|
Granuloma Inguinale |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lymphogranuloma Venereum |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Molluscum Contagiosum |
39 |
59 |
84 |
|
Non-Specific Urethritis |
738 |
781 |
1,083 |
|
Pediculosis Pubis |
70 |
86 |
105 |
|
Syphilis |
19 |
11 |
15 |
|
Trichomoniasis |
86 |
60 |
38 |
|
STDs other than those listed |
458 |
382 |
933 |
The figures in respect of tuberculosis for 1998 are provisional pending completion of a process of validation which is being undertaken by the health boards at present.