Incidence trend of priority communicable diseases in Lishi district of Lvliang city in Shanxi province, 2010

Objective To analyze the incidence trends and epidemiological characteristics of priority communicable diseases in Lishi district of Lvliang and provide scientific evidence for the prevention and control of communicable diseases. Methods The analysis was conducted on the incidence data of communicable diseases in Lishi district in 2010 collected from the National Disease Reporting Information System to understand the time, geographic and population distributions of communicable diseases. Results Thirteen communicable diseases in 2 classes were reported in Lishi in 2010 with the total case number of 864 (including 1 death). The overall morbidity was 330.40/lakh, the overall mortality was 0.38/lakh and the overall case fatality was 0.12%. The case numbers of pulmonary tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, syphilis and hand foot and mouth disease were high. Conclusion The overall incidence of communicable disease was stable in Lishi in 2010, but the AIDS epidemic was serious, the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis, syphilis, hepatitis C and hand foot and mouth disease increased obviously and the incidence of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, measles, mumps and dysentery declined.