Summary of Notifiable Diseases,
United States 1996
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In the United States, the 1996 goal for the number of cases of tetanus disease among children and adolescents aged <15 years was zero. Of the 36 cases of tetanus reported in 1996, none occurred among children aged <15 years. Tetanus among persons aged <= 25 years has been targeted for elimination within the United States by the year 2000.
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