Infectious Disease
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Number of new tuberculosis cases: 8,916 (2019)
- Number of new salmonella cases: 58,371 (2019)
- Number of new Lyme disease cases: 34,945 (2019)
- Number of new meningococcal disease cases: 371 (2019)
Source: Health, United States, 2020-2021, table IDNotif [PDF – 9.8 MB]
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices for infectious and parasitic diseases: 10.2 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 13 [PDF – 865 KB]
Emergency department visits
- Number of emergency department visits with infectious and parasitic diseases as the primary diagnosis: 3.2 million
- Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission with a principal hospital discharge diagnosis of infectious and parasitic diseases: 765,000
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