Statistics of Infectious Disease

The following statistics are the latest available from the National Center for Health Statistics (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC) and the National Coalition for Adult Immunizations:

• Approximately one-third of Americans have been exposed to hepatitis A.
  
  
• Each year, there are approximately 80,000 new hepatitis B infections.
  
  
• Each year, there are approximately 25,000 new hepatitis C infections.
  
  
• Tuberculosis strikes about 15,000 people annually.
  
  
• About 36,000 people per year in the US die from influenza.
  
  
• In the US, about 900,000 people are living with HIV or AIDS.
  
  
• About 4 million people get chickenpox every year.
  
  
• Even though the measles vaccination is now available, nearly 90 cases of measles still occur annually.
  
  
• The number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases occurring annually recently reported:
  
  
  • Syphilis: 6,657
  • Chlamydia: 659,441
  • Gonorrhea: 360,076
    
    
• Whooping cough affects more than 7,000 people in the US annually.

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