A Comprehensive Analysis of the Epidemic Situation of Notifiable Communicable Diseases from 2000 through 2003 in the City of Zhaotong

Objective The presenr analysis was conducted to understand the epidemic characteristics of notifiabie diseases in the city of Zhaotong for the formulation of a better contmf program Methods Comprehensive analysis was condUCled on the annual data of notifiable diseases frets 2000 to 2003 Results It was found that the average annual incidence of nofifiable diseases from 2000 to 2003 in the city of Zhaotong was 249.97／10 000. The top five diseases in terms of incidence in descending order were dysentery,pulmonary tubereulosis，virus hepatitis，measles and malaria，all of which accounting for 90.79％．With the peak season in June．Children under 15 years old and young adults were affected most，with scattered children，peasants and students as the main infected population，constituting 40.21％．30.27％and 17.58％ respectively Enteric and respiratory infectious diseases prevailed，ac-countingfor 42.31％ and 44.91％ respectively．Intectious diseases among nomadic populations(4.46％ of the total) and reports on public health emergencies increased year by year. Conclusion The average annual incidenee of communieable diseases from 2000 to 2003 in Zhaotong city were roughly the same as that in the previous five years and there has not been a radical change in the main communieable diseases dominating the city of Zhaotong and the cantrol of the diseases has not been satisfying．Priorities should still be put to the prevention and management of enteric communicable diseases in rural areas．Effective measures should be taken to control communicable diseases among nomadic populations. Epidemic surveillanee，prediction and reports should be strengthened to manage public health emergencies in time.