Table 3 |
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Timeliness of reporting of selected nationally notifiable infectious diseases, by date type, NNDSS, 1999–2001 |
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Date type (Intervals from Figure 1) |
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Disease (incubation period*), Characteristic |
Disease onset (Intervals 1,2,3,4) |
Diagnosis date (Intervals #2,3,4) |
Lab result date (Intervals #2,3,4) |
Date of first report to the community health system (Intervals #3,4) |
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Cryptosporidiosis (7 day incubation period) |
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Median time interval (days) |
22 |
14 |
13 |
26 |
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State-specific reporting rangea |
2–149 |
1–73 |
2–58 |
1–53 |
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No. cases |
4,130 |
956 |
1,825 |
168 |
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No. states |
44 |
24 |
41 |
15 |
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% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb |
24%, 39% |
37%, 50% |
35%, 54% |
19%, 33% |
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E. Coli O157:H7 (4 day incubation period) |
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Median time interval (days) |
17 |
21 |
11 |
15 |
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State-specific reporting rangea |
2–81 |
2–41 |
1–53 |
1–49 |
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No. cases |
6,891 |
473 |
2,206 |
104 |
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No. states |
48 |
22 |
39 |
14 |
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% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb |
15%, 27% |
13%, 25% |
19%, 39% |
21%, 33% |
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Hepatitis A, acute (30 day incubation period) |
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Median time interval (days) |
23 |
18 |
12 |
12 |
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State-specific reporting rangea |
2–54 |
2–80 |
2–29,231+ |
1–126 |
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No. cases |
21,570 |
4,394 |
6,695 |
294 |
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No. states |
49 |
36 |
39 |
14 |
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% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb |
62%, 84% |
67%, 83% |
82%, 94% |
79%, 91% |
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Meningococcal disease (4 day incubation period) |
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Median time interval (days) |
12 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
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State-specific reporting rangea |
2–56 |
1–54 |
2–117 |
4–62 |
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No. cases |
3,804 |
450 |
1,255 |
71 |
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No. states |
50 |
30 |
39 |
7 |
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% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb |
23%, 39% |
26%, 40% |
25%, 44% |
31%, 42% |
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Pertussis (20 day incubation period) |
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Median time interval (days) |
40 |
31 |
19 |
23 |
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State-specific reporting rangea |
2–124 |
1–106 |
2–190 |
2–48 |
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No. cases |
18,750 |
289 |
758 |
107 |
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No. states |
50 |
26 |
34 |
15 |
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% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb |
24%, 50% |
34%, 60% |
53%, 78% |
45%, 68% |
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Salmonellosis (1.5 day incubation period) |
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Median time interval (days) |
17 |
7 |
12 |
16 |
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State-specific reporting rangea |
2–44 |
1–54 |
2–61 |
1–27 |
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No. cases |
49,659 |
5,558 |
28,172 |
1,357 |
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No. states |
47 |
35 |
42 |
28 |
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% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb |
4%, 13% |
17%, 43% |
6%, 17% |
7%, 19% |
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Shigellosis (3 day incubation period) |
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Median time interval (days) |
15 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
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State-specific reporting rangea |
2–43 |
1–51 |
2–34 |
1–26 |
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No. cases |
26,635 |
2,850 |
11,603 |
555 |
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No. states |
46 |
28 |
41 |
17 |
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% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb |
15%, 22% |
33%, 39% |
22%, 35% |
29%, 41% |
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*Source: Control of Communicable Diseases Manual 17th Edition [8]. +The maximum state-specific median reporting delay for this disease and date type is from a state that reported 19 cases having event years 1919 or 1920. Excluding these cases as data entry errors, the maximum state-specific median reporting delay is 78 days. aState-specific median reporting range (minimum, maximum) in days b% of cases reported within 1 and 2 incubation periods, respectively |
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Jajosky and Groseclose BMC Public Health 2004 4:29 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-29 |
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