Communicable Disease Data
Communicable diseases are those which can be easily
transmitted from one person to another. The
communicable disease section of the Branch-Hillsdale-St.
Joseph Community Health Agency is responsible for the
keeping track of the most common communicable
diseases including; chicken pox, flu, head lice,
hepatitis and tuberculosis. These statistics are
updated monthly.
The Communicable Disease Report is a listing of new
cases of reportable communicable diseases that have been
reported to the Community Health Agency during the
previous month. Cumulative case totals to-date is
included as well as 2 previous years data for
comparison. Communicable disease reporting is an
ongoing process and case information changes, often day
to day or week to week. Case totals are subject to
change as additional information and test results become
available. These changes will be made to prior month
data and be reflected in the YTD column as well as the
previous year data to make data as accurate as
possible. These changes will be made each month in an
attempt to accurately reflect the scope and depth of
communicable disease in our 3 counties.
Branch
Hillsdale
St.
Joseph
Communicable Disease Comparisons
The Community Health Agency also keeps track of the
number of communicable diseases reported in our area and
compares them to the numbers reported throughout the
entire state to identify potential risks.
Additionally, disease information is collected and
compared, within each county, month by month and year to
year. Comparisons
for each of our three counties from the previous two
years are included in the communicable disease data
above. Communicable disease data more than two
years old is available upon request.
We have also taken a closer look at how the counties compare
to each other as well as how they compare with the state on the following diseases:
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