Local Communicable Disease Reports

Local and State public health officials monitor cases of communicable disease in a statewide database, with mandatory reports from physicians, hospitals and labs for over 80 different conditions.

Below are selected counts from recent years in the Western U.P. jurisdiction 

Selected Communicable Disease Reports

 

 

Disease or Disease Group

 (5-County Totals)

2004

2005

2006

2007

Food-borne Illnesses

39

20

29

18

Flu-like Disease

1,848

2,516

2,287

1,631

Chlamydia

64

50

66

73

Varicella (Chickenpox)

8

59

26

10

Pertussis

7

33

12

0

Hepatitis C (Acute and Chronic)

19

39

37

52