Incidence Rate of Selected Notifiable Diseases by Race/Ethnicity

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Incidence Rate of Selected Notifiable Diseases by Race/Ethnicity
Los Angeles County, 2000

Race/Ethnicity Rate (Cases per 100,000)**

Disease
Asian

Black

Hispanic

White

Amebiasis
0.3

0.5

1.1

1.1

Botulism
-

-

-

-

Brucellosis
-

-

0.1

-

Campylobacteriosis
11.3

7.3

14.1

16.1

Cholera
-

-

-

-

Coccidioidomycosis
0.1

0.8

0.4

0.4

Cryptosporidiosis
-

0.7

0.6

0.8

Cysticercosis
-

-

0.8

0.1

Dengue
0.1

-

-

0.0

E. coli O157:H7
0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

Encephalitis
0.7

0.5

0.4

0.4

Giardiasis
1.1

2.0

5.0

5.7

Haemophilus influenzae type b
-

-

-

0.0

Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
0.2

-

0.2

-

Disease
Asian

Black

Hispanic

White

Hepatitis A
4.6

4.6

9.6

7.4

Hepatitis B
0.9

1.8

0.3

0.8

Hepatitis C
0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

Hepatitis unspecified
0.1

0.3

0.1

0.0

Kawasaki syndrome
0.7

0.3

0.2

0.2

Legionellosis
-

0.1

0.1

0.3

Listeriosis, nonperinatal
0.4

0.4

0.0

0.3

Listeriosis, perinatal^*
10.1

-

3.3

15.2

Lyme Disease
0.1

-

-

0.1

Malaria
0.3

1.8

0.4

0.3

Measles
-

0.1

0.1

0.0

Meningitis, viral
0.7

2.1

2.1

2.5

Meningococcal infections
0.2

1.6

0.4

0.4

Mumps
0.1

-

0.4

-

Pertussis
0.6

1.3

1.1

1.2

Psittacosis
-

-

-

-

Disease
Asian

Black

Hispanic

White

Q-fever
-

-

-

-

Relapsing fever
-

-

-

-

Rheumatic fever, acute
-

-

-

-

Rubella
-

-

-

-

Salmonellosis
10.4

9.4

9.5

10.1

Shigellosis
1.6

8.0

10.7

9.8

Strongyloidiasis
-

-

-

-

Tetanus
-

-

-

-

Trichinosis
-

-

-

-

Tularemia
-

-

-

-

Typhoid fever, case
1.2

-

0.1

-

Typhoid fever, carrier
0.2

-

0.1

-

Typhus fever
-

-

0.1

0.4

Vibrio
0.2

-

0.3

0.0

* Rates for perinatal listeriosis were calculated as cases per 100,000 live births.
** Rates of disease based on less than 19 cases or events are considered "unreliable." A zero rate made from no events is especially hazardous and are not reported here, except with a dash ("-").

Source: Los Angeles County Dept. of Health Services

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