Volume 9, Number 3—March 2003
Research
Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease, New York City, 1989–2000
Alexandre Sampaio Moura*†, Ariel Pablos-Méndez†‡, Marcelle Layton*, and Don Weiss*
Table 1
Rates of meningococcal disease, New York City, 1905–2000
| Yr group or yr | Casesa | Annual rate/100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| 1905–1916 |
7,038 |
12.3 |
| 1917–1928 |
3,715 |
5.44 |
| 1929–1940 |
3,844 |
4.29 |
| 1941–1952 |
4,505 |
4.75 |
| 1953–1964 |
1,007 |
1.08 |
| 1965–1976 |
707 |
0.75 |
| 1977–1988 |
986 |
1.16 |
| 1989 |
87 |
1.19 |
| 1990 |
79 |
1.08 |
| 1991 |
30 |
0.41 |
| 1992 |
27 |
0.37 |
| 1993 |
40 |
0.55 |
| 1994 |
42 |
0.57 |
| 1995 |
54 |
0.73 |
| 1996 |
59 |
0.80 |
| 1997 |
54 |
0.73 |
| 1998 |
35 |
0.47 |
| 1999 |
59 |
0.79 |
| 2000 |
50 |
0.62 |
| 1989–2000 | 615 | 0.67 |
aBefore 1945, meningococcal disease was classified as cerebrospinal fever or epidemic spinal meningitis.
