Epidemiological analysis of notifiable infectious diseases in Hanyin county, 1999 2007

Objective　The study was conducted to determine the epidemiological characteristics of commonly and highlyprevalent notifiable infectious diseases in Hanyin county, Shaanxi province from 1999 2007. Methods　Descriptiveepidemiological approaches were introduced to analyze the network report statistics associated with the infectious diseases in Hanyin county from 1999 to 2007. Results　From 1999 to 2007, a total of 6273 cases in 12 kinds of Class B infectious diseases were reported in the county. Common kinds and highly prevalent ones included: hepatitis, accounting for 47.00% of overall infectious morbidity; pulmonary tuberculosis, accounting for 38.04%; dysentery, accounting for 9.58%; measles,accounting for 2.53%; and Japanese encephalitis, accounting for 2.17%. Conclusion　Prevention and control strategies shouldbe intensified against hepatitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, dysentery, measles and Japanese encephalitis.