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Volume 9, Number 5—May 2003

Research

Endemic, Notifiable Bioterrorism-Related Diseases, United States, 1992–1999

Man-huei Chang*Comments to Author , M. Kathleen Glynn*, and Samuel L. Groseclose*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 3

Conditions caused by critical biologic agents, ranking by number of reported cases and incidence rates (per 1 million population) by state of residence, National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, United States,a 1992–1999

Disease Rank by reported cases
 Rank by incidence rate
Rank State No. of cases Rank State Average annual
incidence rate
Botulism, foodborne
1
 Alaska
 72
 1
 Alaska
 1,493.7
2
 Washington
 33
 2
 Washington
 75.7
3
 Texas
 27
 3
 Idaho
 75.0
4
 California
 25
 4
 Wyoming
 26.1
5
 Idaho
 7
 5
 Colorado
 20.0
Botulism, otherb
1
 California
 128
 1
 D.C.
 51.5
2
 New Mexico
 3
 2
 California
 42.1
3
 NYC
 3
 3
 New Mexico
 25.4
4
 D.C.
 2
 4
 Mississippi
 10.6
5
 Mississippi
 2
 5
 Utah
 7.3
Brucellosis
1
 California
 215
 1
 Wyoming
 156.5
2
 Texas
 200
 2
 Texas
 133.0
3
 N. Carolina
 58
 3
 N. Carolina
 100.7
4
 Illinois
 53
 4
 Iowa
 92.3
5
 Florida
 31
 5
 Arizona
 87.1
Cholera
1
 California
 115
 1
 Nevada
 130.4
2
 Nevada
 16
 2
 California
 45.5
3
 Texas
 14
 3
 Hawaii
 42.4
4
 Louisiana
 7
 4
 Alaska
 20.8
5
 Arizona
 6
 5
 Louisiana
 20.2
Plague
1
 New Mexico
 35
 1
 New Mexico
 258.9
2
 Arizona
 14
 2
 Arizona
 40.7
3
 Colorado
 11
 3
 Colorado
 36.7
4
 California
 9
 4
 Wyoming
 26.1
5
 Utah
 3
 5
 Utah
 19.2
Tularemiac
1
 Arkansas
 211
 1
 S. Dakota
 1,268.0
2
 Missouri
 158
 2
 Arkansas
 1,061.5
3
 S. Dakota
 74
 3
 Montana
 531.4
4
 Oklahoma
 62
 4
 Missouri
 371.3
5 Montana 37 5 Oklahoma 236.7

aReports from 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and New York City (NYC).
bIncludes wound and unspecified botulism.
cNot nationally notifiable 1995–1998.

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