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Table 3 Timeliness of reporting of selected nationally notifiable infectious diseases, by date type, NNDSS, 1999–2001

From: Evaluation of reporting timeliness of public health surveillance systems for infectious diseases

 

Date type (Intervals from Figure 1)

Disease (incubation period*), Characteristic

Disease onset (Intervals 1,2,3,4)

Diagnosis date (Intervals #2,3,4)

Lab result date (Intervals #2,3,4)

Date of first report to the community health system (Intervals #3,4)

Cryptosporidiosis (7 day incubation period)

Median time interval (days)

22

14

13

26

State-specific reporting rangea

2–149

1–73

2–58

1–53

No. cases

4,130

956

1,825

168

No. states

44

24

41

15

% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb

24%, 39%

37%, 50%

35%, 54%

19%, 33%

E. Coli O157:H7 (4 day incubation period)

Median time interval (days)

17

21

11

15

State-specific reporting rangea

2–81

2–41

1–53

1–49

No. cases

6,891

473

2,206

104

No. states

48

22

39

14

% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb

15%, 27%

13%, 25%

19%, 39%

21%, 33%

Hepatitis A, acute (30 day incubation period)

Median time interval (days)

23

18

12

12

State-specific reporting rangea

2–54

2–80

2–29,231+

1–126

No. cases

21,570

4,394

6,695

294

No. states

49

36

39

14

% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb

62%, 84%

67%, 83%

82%, 94%

79%, 91%

Meningococcal disease (4 day incubation period)

Median time interval (days)

12

13

10

10

State-specific reporting rangea

2–56

1–54

2–117

4–62

No. cases

3,804

450

1,255

71

No. states

50

30

39

7

% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb

23%, 39%

26%, 40%

25%, 44%

31%, 42%

Pertussis (20 day incubation period)

Median time interval (days)

40

31

19

23

State-specific reporting rangea

2–124

1–106

2–190

2–48

No. cases

18,750

289

758

107

No. states

50

26

34

15

% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb

24%, 50%

34%, 60%

53%, 78%

45%, 68%

Salmonellosis (1.5 day incubation period)

Median time interval (days)

17

7

12

16

State-specific reporting rangea

2–44

1–54

2–61

1–27

No. cases

49,659

5,558

28,172

1,357

No. states

47

35

42

28

% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb

4%, 13%

17%, 43%

6%, 17%

7%, 19%

Shigellosis (3 day incubation period)

Median time interval (days)

15

10

10

9

State-specific reporting rangea

2–43

1–51

2–34

1–26

No. cases

26,635

2,850

11,603

555

No. states

46

28

41

17

% within 1, 2 incubation periodsb

15%, 22%

33%, 39%

22%, 35%

29%, 41%

  1. *Source: Control of Communicable Diseases Manual 17th Edition [8]. +The maximum state-specific median reporting delay for this disease and date type is from a state that reported 19 cases having event years 1919 or 1920. Excluding these cases as data entry errors, the maximum state-specific median reporting delay is 78 days. aState-specific median reporting range (minimum, maximum) in days b% of cases reported within 1 and 2 incubation periods, respectively
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