The Annual Communicable Disease Surveillance Report (59 pages) provides useful information on reported communicable diseases in New Hampshire (NH) for health care providers, educators and other interested persons. Additionally, this report discusses emerging public health concerns and other illnesses that may pose a threat to the public's health.
Public health disease surveillance involves the systematic collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of population based data on adverse health conditions. Surveillance data are obtained from health care providers and laboratories. Social and demographic information is collected to determine patterns of disease in the population. All public health data that are collected are maintained under strict confidentiality and security procedures.
Overview
The report is divided into two sections. The first section includes select disease summaries with an emphasis on 2005 data. Each summary includes a brief background on the epidemiology of the disease, clinical features and disease control methods. Tables and graphs supplement key statistical data. Whenever possible, information on disease trends in the United States are compared to those of NH trends. Also, where relevant, the report makes reference to the benchmarks set forth by the Healthy New Hampshire 2010 (HNH 2010) objectives. Specific commentaries are guided by the unique occurrence of each disease in our state. The second section includes special summaries on diseases that are not reportable but are of public health concern. |
