Infectious Disease
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Number of new tuberculosis cases: 9,105 (2017)
- Number of new salmonella cases: 54,285 (2017)
- Number of new Lyme disease cases: 42,743 (2017)
- Number of new meningococcal disease cases: 353 (2017)
Source: Health, United States, 2018, table 10 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with infectious and parasitic diseases as the primary diagnosis: 15.5 million
Emergency department visits
- Number of emergency department visits with infectious and parasitic diseases as the primary diagnosis: 3.4 million
- Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission with a principal hospital discharge diagnosis of infectious and parasitic diseases: 523,000
Source: 2018 NHAMCS Public Use File
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Page last reviewed: January 25, 2021
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics