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Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information

Figure_I Selected notifiable disease reports, comparison of provisional 4-week totals ending December 19, 1998, with historical data -- United States

Table_I Summary -- provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, cumulative, week ending December 19, 1998 (50th Week)

Table_II Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending December 19, 1998 and December 13, 1997 (50th Week)

Table_III Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases preventable by vaccination, United States, weeks ending December 19, 1998 and December 13, 1997 (50th Week)

Table_IV Deaths in 122 U.S. cities, week ending December 19, 1998 (50th Week)
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TABLE I. Summary -- provisional cases of specified notifiable diseases, United
States, cumulative, week ending December 19, 1998 (50th Week)
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                                             Cum. 1998
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Anthrax                                              -
Brucellosis                                         57
Cholera                                             12
Congenital rubella syndrome                          5
Cryptosporidiosis*                               3,029
Diphtheria                                           1
Encephalitis:  California*                          90
               eastern equine*                       3
               St. Louis*                           26
               western equine*                       -
Hansen Disease                                     100
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome*+                     19
Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post-diarrheal*          81
HIV infection, pediatric*&                         243
Plague                                               8
Poliomyelitis, paralytic                             1
Psittacosis                                         48
Rabies, human                                        -
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)                329
Streptococcal disease, invasive Group A          1,999
Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome*                 49
Syphilis, congenital@                              399
Tetanus                                             34
Toxic-shock syndrome                               124
Trichinosis                                         15
Typhoid fever                                      318
Yellow fever                                         -
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-: no reported cases
 * Not notifiable in all states
 + Updated weekly from reports to the Division of Viral and Rickettsial
   Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
 & Updated monthly to the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention -- Surveillance
   and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
   (NCHSTP), last update November 29, 1998.
 @ Updated from reports to the Division of STD Prevention, NCHSTP.

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TABLE II. (page 1) Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending
December 19, 1998, and December 13, 1997 (50th Week)

                                                                  Escherichia
                                                                 coli O157:H7
                                                              -------------------                                Hepatitis
                          AIDS*             Chlamydia          NETSS**   PHLIS***         Gonorrhea               C\NA,NB
                   -----------------   --------------------   --------   --------    -------------------      ----------------
                     Cum.       Cum.        Cum.       Cum.       Cum.       Cum.        Cum.       Cum.       Cum.       Cum.
Reporting Area       1998       1997        1998       1997       1998       1998        1998       1997       1998       1997
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UNITED STATES      42,564     53,705     538,402    451,961      2,856      1,883     322,286    285,858      4,707      3,338

NEW ENGLAND         1,688      2,248      17,159     17,461        328        260       4,867      5,735        106         55
Maine                  28         51       1,001        997         36          -          65         65          -          -
N.H.                   40         39         883        780         46         45          83         95          -          -
Vt.                    19         32         398        407         21         17          36         49          3          4
Mass.                 862        803       7,907      7,045        148        147       2,167      2,013        100         44
R.I.                  118        145       2,227      1,958         13          1         406        406          3          7
Conn.                 621      1,178       4,743      6,274         64         50       2,110      3,107          -          -

MID. ATLANTIC      11,418     16,079      66,284     55,073        286         73      39,109     37,004        339        311
Upstate N.Y.        1,323      2,379           N          N        216          -       6,283      6,213        252        232
N.Y. City           6,564      8,583      33,207     26,401          8         12      14,973     14,150          -          -
N.J.                2,025      3,119      10,737      9,873         62         51       7,207      7,259          -          -
Pa.                 1,506      1,998      22,340     18,799          N         10      10,646      9,382         87         79

E.N. CENTRAL        3,063      4,078      85,531     61,431        447        321      61,909     39,620        489        526
Ohio                  640        837      24,190     21,540        123         65      15,745     14,005          8         20
Ind.                  472        485       4,656      9,035        102         49       4,704      5,894          7         12
Ill.                1,195      1,710      26,113          U        109         58      21,548          U         33         85
Mich.                 578        801      20,785     20,105        113         62      15,674     14,916        441        383
Wis.                  178        245       9,787     10,751          N         87       4,238      4,805          -         26

W.N. CENTRAL          832      1,099      29,747     31,780        486        384      15,333     14,171        281         58
Minn.                 163        191       6,245      6,429        202        202       2,422      2,303         12          4
Iowa                   63         99       2,063      4,345         91         58         660      1,146          8         27
Mo.                   402        557      11,550     11,666         53         61       8,527      7,314        250         10
N. Dak.                 5         10         849        847         12         15          71         70          -          3
S. Dak.                15          8       1,486      1,359         35         34         212        158          -          -
Nebr.                  65         90       2,685      2,625         59          -       1,124      1,160          5          2
Kans.                 119        144       4,869      4,509         34         14       2,317      2,020          6         12

S. ATLANTIC        11,132     13,315     109,439     90,608        257        155      89,676     89,000        185        243
Del.                  154        211       2,461         70          -          2       1,454      1,259          -          -
Md.                 1,489      1,800       7,006      7,214         39         14       9,303     11,012         22         11
D.C.                  809      1,016           N          N          1          -       3,305      4,178          -          -
Va.                   910      1,113      13,090     11,272          N         42       9,075      8,511         12         25
W. Va.                 79        117       2,439      2,787         13         10         784        899          7         17
N.C.                  752        796      21,213     16,762         56         46      18,457     16,630         20         49
S.C.                  719        746      16,770     11,984         17         12      10,728     10,973         11         37
Ga.                 1,174      1,600      22,201     15,234         76          -      18,232     17,549          9          -
Fla.                5,046      5,916      24,259     25,285         55         29      18,338     17,989        104        104

E.S. CENTRAL        1,684      1,901      37,268     33,915        118         39      36,418     34,003        192        338
Ky.                   263        340       6,083      6,042         33          -       3,577      3,854         20         13
Tenn.                 622        738      13,143     12,115         54         33      11,292     10,671        163        227
Ala.                  456        511      10,009      8,282         25          2      12,645     11,525          7         11
Miss.                 343        312       8,033      7,476          6          4       8,904      7,953          2         87

W.S. CENTRAL        5,140      5,650      75,671     65,319        118         24      46,056     42,619        418        476
Ark.                  189        216       3,665      2,562         11         10       3,640      4,362         10         14
La.                   878      1,016      14,689      9,738          5          7      12,640      9,562        114        213
Okla.                 272        274       8,749      7,114         24          7       4,895      4,581         20          7
Tex.                3,801      4,144      48,568     45,905         78          -      24,881     24,114        274        242

MOUNTAIN            1,479      1,548      31,446     29,005        343        238       8,616      7,949        341        318
Mont.                  28         40       1,205      1,131         16          -          44         61          7         21
Idaho                  28         50       1,944      1,592         42         24         173        153         86         81
Wyo.                    3         14         626        605         53         55          29         51         66         75
Colo.                 286        366       8,533      7,228         91         69       2,242      2,171         34         35
N. Mex.               202        164       3,959      3,723         19         20         928        852         95         60
Ariz.                 589        375      10,243     10,345         21         26       3,717      3,619         11         25
Utah                  128        140       2,050      1,668         79         21         217        264         23          5
Nev.                  215        399       2,886      2,713         22         23       1,266        778         19         16

PACIFIC             6,128      7,787      85,857     67,369        473        389      20,302     15,757      2,356      1,013
Wash.                 390        608      10,559      8,965        108        127       1,898      1,840         22         28
Oreg.                 166        284       5,762      4,827        104         99         842        707          6          3
Calif.              5,396      6,757      65,469     50,336        254        147      16,801     12,360      2,273        817
Alaska                 17         46       1,815      1,513          7          -         315        366          1          -
Hawaii                159         92       2,252      1,728          N         16         446        484         54        165

Guam                    1          2         201        193          N          -          24         27          -          -
P.R.                1,602      1,974           U          U          6          U         356        524          -          -
V.I.                   31         94           N          N          N          U           U          U          U          U
Amer. Samoa             -          -           U          U          N          U           U          U          U          U
C.N.M.I.                -          1           N          N          N          U          28         23          -          2
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N: Not notifiable    U: Unavailable    -: no reported cases    C.N.M.I.: Commonwealth of North Mariana Islands

  * Updated monthly to the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, -- Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD,
    and TB Prevention, last update November 29, 1998.
 ** National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance.
*** Public Health Laboratory Information System.

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TABLE II. (page 2) Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending
December 19, 1998, and December 13, 1997 (50th Week)

                                                 Lyme                                     Syphilis                                  Rabies,
                     Legionellosis              Disease              Malaria        (Primary & Secondary)      Tuberculosis         Animal
                    ----------------       ----------------      ----------------   ---------------------    -----------------      -------
                     Cum.       Cum.        Cum.       Cum.       Cum.       Cum.        Cum.       Cum.       Cum.       Cum.        Cum.
Reporting Area       1998       1997        1998       1997       1998       1997        1998       1997       1998 *     1997        1998
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UNITED STATES       1,249      1,031      12,471     11,664      1,314      1,783       6,806      8,056     14,201     17,036       6,921

NEW ENGLAND            83         81       2,636      2,928         59         97          71        131        434        431       1,385
Maine                   1          3          12          8          5          1           1          2         11         20         216
N.H.                    7          7          45         37          5         10           2          -         13         15          77
Vt.                     7         13          11          8          1          2           4          -          4          6          67
Mass.                  32         28         749        288         16         31          44         66        248        246         489
R.I.                   21         13         654        400         14         11           1          2         52         33          99
Conn.                  15         17       1,165      2,187         18         42          19         61        106        111         437

MID. ATLANTIC         289        231       8,253      6,870        325        503         291        382      2,895      3,014       1,519
Upstate N.Y.          101         73       4,106      2,883         90         77          35         41        369        430       1,048
N.Y. City              28         24          37        174        153        305          81         83      1,447      1,525           U
N.J.                   15         30       1,723      1,862         52         84          78        150        583        656         210
Pa.                   145        104       2,387      1,951         30         37          97        108        496        403         261

E.N. CENTRAL          402        335         167        581        124        164       1,088        621      1,231      1,724         130
Ohio                  126        117          84         37         15         19         125        211         88        244          57
Ind.                  118         56          62         33         11         18         244        169        139        147          12
Ill.                   37         34           9         13         41         67         467          U        629        899          16
Mich.                  80         88          12         27         48         44         194        141        357        316          35
Wis.                   41         40           U        471          9         16          58        100         18        118          10

W.N. CENTRAL           76         57         217        153         99         66         123        174        396        561         682
Minn.                   8          3         174        111         63         36           9         16        149        142         121
Iowa                   13          9          25          7          7         10           -          7         51         67         147
Mo.                    24         21           2         28         15         11          93        115         95        226          27
N. Dak.                 -          2           -          -          2          3           -          -         10         12         138
S. Dak.                 3          2           -          1          1          1           1          1         17         19         151
Nebr.                  20         15           5          2          1          1           7          3         30         20           7
Kans.                   8          5          11          4         10          4          13         32         44         75          91

S. ATLANTIC           145        120         880        743        318        316       2,492      3,345      1,999      3,221       2,274
Del.                   13         12          45        109          3          5          21         22         18         32          49
Md.                    31         22         610        475         88         83         644        885        269        299         433
D.C.                    8          4           4          9         19         20          73        106         98         97           -
Va.                    22         27          68         62         58         66         146        226        280        305         538
W. Va.                  N          N          13         10          2          1           3          3         41         51          76
N.C.                   14         14          57         34         29         20         706        967        493        428         537
S.C.                   11          8           7          2          6         17         309        348        234        320         143
Ga.                     8          1           5          7         38         50         278        505        496        593         288
Fla.                   36         32          71         35         75         54         312        283         70      1,096         210

E.S. CENTRAL           70         55          97         92         31         39       1,144      1,636      1,108      1,246         268
Ky.                    30         11          25         17          7         12         103        128        158        183          31
Tenn.                  24         33          44         43         16         11         541        719        450        436         138
Ala.                    9          4          24         11          6         10         271        398        316        395          97
Miss.                   7          7           4         21          2          6         229        391        184        232           2

W.S. CENTRAL           45         33          36        108         47         57       1,010      1,266      2,108      2,432         136
Ark.                    -          2           7         25          1          5         103        157        143        171          31
La.                     4          6           7          5         15         16         419        351        274        265           -
Okla.                  12          2           2         29          4          8         121        116        155        193         105
Tex.                   29         23          20         49         27         28         367        642      1,536      1,803           -

MOUNTAIN               75         62          23         15         62         65         211        170        444        533         213
Mont.                   2          1           -          -          1          2           -          -         19         16          53
Idaho                   3          2           6          4          8          -           2          1         13         11           -
Wyo.                    1          1           1          3          -          2           1          -          4          2          63
Colo.                  19         18           5          -         19         30          11         15          U         78          39
N. Mex.                 2          3           4          1         12          8          22          8         65         67           6
Ariz.                  19         12           1          4          9         11         160        130        198        223          19
Utah                   22         18           -          1          1          3           4          5         49         32          27
Nev.                    7          7           6          2         12          9          11         11         77        104           6

PACIFIC                64         57         162        174        249        476         376        331      3,586      3,874         314
Wash.                  12          9           7         10         20         49          27         10        204        283           -
Oreg.                   1          -          21         20         17         25           6          9        129        136           7
Calif.                 49         47         133        142        203        386         341        310      3,046      3,225         284
Alaska                  1          -           1          2          4          5           1          1         53         69          23
Hawaii                  1          1           -          -          5         11           1          1        154        161           -

Guam                    2          -           -          -          1          -           1          3         36         13           -
P.R.                    -          -           -          -          -          6         172        243         68        212          51
V.I.                    U          U           U          U          U          U           U          U          U          U           U
Amer. Samoa             U          U           U          U          U          U           U          U          U          U           U
C.N.M.I.                -          -           -          -          -          -         164         12         77         22           -

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N: Not notifiable    U: Unavailable    -: no reported cases
 * Additional information about areas displaying 'U' for cumulative Tuberculosis cases can be found in Notices to Readers, MMWR Vol. 47, No. 2, p. 39.

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TABLE III. (page 1) Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases preventable by vaccination, United
States, weeks ending December 19, 1998, and December 13, 1997 (50th Week)

                                                Hepatitis (Viral), by type                                    Measles (Rubeola)
                     H. influenzae,       ---------------------------------------        ------------------------------------------------------------
                        invasive                  A                     B                  Indigenous            Imported**                Total
                    ----------------      -----------------     -----------------        ---------------       ---------------        ---------------
                     Cum.       Cum.        Cum.       Cum.       Cum.       Cum.                   Cum.                  Cum.        Cum.       Cum.
Reporting Area       1998*      1997        1998       1997       1998       1997        1998       1998       1998       1998        1998       1997
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UNITED STATES         982      1,038      21,068     27,137      8,283      9,095           -         66          -         26          92        134

NEW ENGLAND            66         60         264        623        179        176           -          1          -          2           3         19
Maine                   4          5          20         59          5          6           -          -          -          -           -          1
N.H.                    9         11          14         34         19         17           -          -          -          -           -          1
Vt.                     9          3          16         15          6         11           -          -          -          1           1          -
Mass.                  37         36         106        249         56         73           U          1          U          1           2         16
R.I.                    6          3          17        129         68         16           -          -          -          -           -          -
Conn.                   1          2          91        137         25         53           U          -          U          -           -          1

MID. ATLANTIC         143        160       1,422      2,028      1,056      1,314           -          8          -          6          14         27
Upstate N.Y.           64         52         353        356        282        304           -          1          -          1           2          5
N.Y. City              27         42         368        886        270        444           -          -          -          -           -         11
N.J.                   46         47         331        302        188        237           U          7          U          1           8          3
Pa.                     6         19         370        484        316        329           -          -          -          4           4          8

E.N. CENTRAL          156        160       3,537      2,911      1,515      1,448           -         12          -          3          15         10
Ohio                   46         83         312        304         74         88           U          -          U          1           1          -
Ind.                   40         19         326        315        744         95           U          2          U          1           3          -
Ill.                   55         39         668        814        187        270           -          1          -          -           1          7
Mich.                   8         18       2,064      1,300        467        446           -          9          -          1          10          2
Wis.                    7          1         167        178         43        549           U          -          U          -           -          1

W.N. CENTRAL           89         58       1,285      2,108        402        464           -          1          -          -           1         17
Minn.                  66         44         130        192         49         41           -          -          -          -           -          8
Iowa                    3          6         399        455         56         40           -          1          -          -           1          -
Mo.                    12          5         575      1,082        242        328           U          -          U          -           -          1
N. Dak.                 -          -           3         10          4          5           U          -          U          -           -          -
S. Dak.                 1          2          32         23          2          1           U          -          U          -           -          8
Nebr.                   1          1          41         89         22         19           -          -          -          -           -          -
Kans.                   6          -         105        257         27         30           -          -          -          -           -          -

S. ATLANTIC           193        162       1,962      2,035      1,151      1,182           -          3          -          5           8         15
Del.                    -          -           6         30          4          6           U          -          U          1           1          -
Md.                    54         57         325        180        152        162           -          -          -          1           1          2
D.C.                    -          -          62         36         18         30           -          -          -          -           -          1
Va.                    19         13         215        221         99        124           -          -          -          2           2          1
W. Va.                  5          4           7         12         10         16           U          -          U          -           -          -
N.C.                   24         21         123        200        244        251           -          -          -          -           -          2
S.C.                    3          4          38        107         46         96           U          -          U          -           -          1
Ga.                    52         37         659        650        146        139           -          1          -          1           2          1
Fla.                   36         26         527        599        432        358           -          2          -          -           2          7

E.S. CENTRAL           59         55         372        620        391        691           -          -          -          2           2          1
Ky.                     8          8          26         72         46         38           U          -          U          -           -          -
Tenn.                  34         31         221        391        268        436           -          -          -          1           1          -
Ala.                   15         14          82         79         75         74           -          -          -          1           1          1
Miss.                   2          2          43         78          2        143           -          -          -          -           -          -

W.S. CENTRAL           56         48       3,988      5,485      1,175      1,235           -          1          -          -           1          8
Ark.                    -          2          87        207         88         83           U          -          U          -           -          -
La.                    23         12         124        223        164        161           -          1          -          -           1          -
Okla.                  30         31         611      1,389        121         51           -          -          -          -           -          1
Tex.                    3          3       3,166      3,666        802        940           -          -          -          -           -          7

MOUNTAIN              115         86       3,098      4,058        799        825           -          7          -          3          10          8
Mont.                   -          1          94         70          5         12           U          -          U          -           -          -
Idaho                   2          1         233        137         48         53           -          -          -          -           -          -
Wyo.                    1          4          36         33          8         24           U          -          U          -           -          -
Colo.                  20         21         341        391        107        144           -          -          -          -           -          -
N. Mex.                 9          9         145        339        314        241           -          -          -          -           -          -
Ariz.                  58         31       1,852      2,142        173        188           -          7          -          3          10          5
Utah                    6          3         188        527         66         89           U          -          U          -           -          1
Nev.                   19         16         209        419         78         74           U          -          U          -           -          2

PACIFIC               105        249       5,140      7,269      1,615      1,760           -         33          -          5          38         29
Wash.                  10          5         901        623        116         77           -          -          -          1           1          2
Oreg.                  40         38         367        362        124        117           -          -          -          -           -          -
Calif.                 46        190       3,816      6,105      1,355      1,541           U          5          U          3           8         23
Alaska                  1          8          17         34         12         14           -         28          -          1          29          -
Hawaii                  8          8          39        145          8         11           U          -          U          -           -          4

Guam                    -          -           -          -          2          3           U          -          U          -           -          -
P.R.                    2          -          49        265        335        771           U          -          U          -           -          -
V.I.                    U          U           U          U          U          U           U          U          U          U           U          U
Amer. Samoa             U          U           U          U          U          U           U          U          U          U           U          U
C.N.M.I.                -          6           3          1         53         47           U          -          U          -           -          1
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N: Not notifiable    U: Unavailable     -: no reported cases

 * Of 224 cases among children aged <
** For imported measles, cases include only those resulting from importation from other countries.
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TABLE III. (page 2) Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases preventable by vaccination, United
States, weeks ending December 19, 1998, and December 13, 1997 (50th Week)

                     Meningococcal
                        Disease                      Mumps                           Pertussis                          Rubella
                   -----------------        --------------------------       ---------------------------       ---------------------------
                     Cum.       Cum.                   Cum.       Cum.                   Cum.       Cum.                  Cum.        Cum.
Reporting Area       1998       1997        1998       1998       1997       1998        1998       1997       1998       1998        1997
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UNITED STATES       2,538      3,018           6        589        622         73       5,829      5,573          1        335         159

NEW ENGLAND           105        190           -          7         12          1         911      1,003          -         38           1
Maine                   7         18           -          -          -          -           5         22          -          -           -
N.H.                    4         15           -          -          1          -         121        131          -          -           -
Vt.                     5          4           -          -          -          1          75        253          -          -           -
Mass.                  56         94           U          4          4          U         651        551          U          8           1
R.I.                    8         22           -          1          6          -          13         17          -          1           -
Conn.                  25         37           U          2          1          U          46         29          U         29           -

MID. ATLANTIC         239        330           1        171         60         13         585        404          -        135          35
Upstate N.Y.           71         87           1         12         14         13         313        164          -        111           6
N.Y. City              25         52           -        139          3          -          39         67          -         18          29
N.J.                   56         71           U          2          8          U           5         14          U          4           -
Pa.                    87        120           -         18         35          -         228        159          -          2           -

E.N. CENTRAL          370        470           1         74         92          1         625        625          -          -           6
Ohio                  133        157           U         28         35          U         279        159          U          -           -
Ind.                   70         54           U          6         14          U         145         76          U          -           -
Ill.                   91        150           -         11         12          -         113        112          -          -           2
Mich.                  42         66           1         29         27          1          71         67          -          -           -
Wis.                   34         43           U          -          4          U          17        211          U          -           4

W.N. CENTRAL          222        222           -         30         18          7         547        538          -         33           -
Minn.                  35         34           -         13          6          5         342        307          -          -           -
Iowa                   48         46           -         11         10          2          77        111          -          -           -
Mo.                    79         95           U          3          -          U          32         70          U          2           -
N. Dak.                 5          2           U          2          -          U           3          1          U          -           -
S. Dak.                 8          5           U          -          -          U           8          5          U          -           -
Nebr.                  15         18           -          -          1          -          19         13          -          -           -
Kans.                  32         22           -          1          1          -          66         31          -         31           -

S. ATLANTIC           444        515           2         50         74         16         338        417          -         19          78
Del.                    2          5           U          -          -          U           5          1          U          -           -
Md.                    33         42           -          -          1          1          59        113          -          1           -
D.C.                    3         12           -          -          -          -           1          3          -          -           1
Va.                    48         58           2         10         19          9          50         56          -          1           1
W. Va.                 16         19           U          -          -          U           4          6          U          -           -
N.C.                   57         88           -         11         12          5         103        118          -         13          59
S.C.                   55         56           U          7         11          U          27         30          U          -          15
Ga.                    97        100           -          1         10          -          27         13          -          -           -
Fla.                  133        135           -         21         21          1          62         77          -          4           2

E.S. CENTRAL          256        226           1         18         31          2         122        146          -          2           1
Ky.                    38         48           U          1          3          U          50         66          U          -           -
Tenn.                  71         76           -          2          6          -          37         37          -          2           -
Ala.                  108         77           1          9          9          2          32         32          -          -           1
Miss.                  39         25           -          6         13          -           3         11          -          -           -

W.S. CENTRAL          295        282           1         61         86          2         366        293          1         89           4
Ark.                   30         36           U         12          1          U          91         53          U          -           -
La.                    61         48           -         10         16          -           9         20          -          -           -
Okla.                  42         43           -          -          -          1          31         51          -          -           -
Tex.                  162        155           1         39         69          1         235        169          1         89           4

MOUNTAIN              146        172           -         39         55         30       1,079      1,225          -          5           7
Mont.                   4          8           U          -          -          U          13         18          U          -           -
Idaho                  13         11           -          7          3          6         218        531          -          -           2
Wyo.                    7          3           U          1          1          U           8          7          U          -           -
Colo.                  28         46           -          6          3         13         242        390          -          -           -
N. Mex.                26         29           N          N          N          -          97        182          -          1           -
Ariz.                  45         42           -          6         33         11         211         36          -          1           5
Utah                   14         15           U          5          8          U         249         26          U          2           -
Nev.                    9         18           U         14          7          U          41         35          U          1           -

PACIFIC               461        611           -        139        194          1       1,256        922          -         14          27
Wash.                  63         90           -         11         19          1         329        404          -          9           5
Oreg.                  90        122           N          N          N          -          90         47          -          -           -
Calif.                300        389           U        103        142          U         803        436          U          3          14
Alaska                  3          3           -          2          8          -          15         16          -          -           -
Hawaii                  5          7           U         23         25          U          19         19          U          2           8

Guam                    1          1           U          2          1          U           -          -          U          -           -
P.R.                    7          8           U          1          7          U           6          -          U          -           -
V.I.                    U          U           U          U          U          U           U          U          U          U           U
Amer. Samoa             U          U           U          U          U          U           U          U          U          U           U
C.N.M.I.                -          -           U          2          4          U           1          -          U          -           -

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N: Not notifiable    U: Unavailable     -: no reported cases

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TABLE IV. Deaths in 122 U.S. cities,* week ending
December 19, 1998 (50th Week)
===================================================================================================================================
                                                 All Causes, By Age (Years)
                          ------------------------------------------------------------------------        P&I**
Reporting Area            All Ages         >=65        45-6
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NEW ENGLAND                    403          294           70          19           10           10           24
Boston, Mass.                    U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Bridgeport, Conn.               32           21            6           2            2            1            1
Cambridge, Mass.                19           16            2           1            -            -            1
Fall River, Mass.               30           20            7           1            1            1            4
Hartford, Conn.                 71           52           13           3            3            -            1
Lowell, Mass.                   21           19            2           -            -            -            2
Lynn, Mass.                     14           10            4           -            -            -            1
New Bedford, Mass.              27           21            5           -            1            -            1
New Haven, Conn.                33           20            8           2            -            3            4
Providence, R.I.                 U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Somerville, Mass.                6            3            1           1            1            -            -
Springfield, Mass.              49           34           11           2            1            1            3
Waterbury, Conn.                29           24            3           2            -            -            -
Worcester, Mass.                72           54            8           5            1            4            6

MID. ATLANTIC                2,222        1,577          431         147           34           33          112
Albany, N.Y.                    63           50            7           3            2            1            3
Allentown, Pa.                  24           23            1           -            -            -            -
Buffalo, N.Y.                   88           68           12           6            -            2            4
Camden, N.J.                    36           27            6           2            1            -            3
Elizabeth, N.J.                  U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Erie, Pa.                       47           36            6           5            -            -            7
Jersey City, N.J.               48           33           11           2            -            2            -
New York City, N.Y.          1,206          835          249          88           14           20           48
Newark, N.J.                     U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Paterson, N.J.                   U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Philadelphia, Pa.              298          193           67          21           12            5           17
Pittsburgh, Pa.***              61           43           13           3            2            -            7
Reading, Pa.                    40           29            9           2            -            -            3
Rochester, N.Y.                113           89           17           4            2            1            8
Schenectady, N.Y.               21           17            3           1            -            -            -
Scranton, Pa.                   38           31            4           3            -            -            2
Syracuse, N.Y.                  76           61           11           3            1            -            4
Trenton, N.J.                   44           27           11           4            -            2            5
Utica, N.Y.                     19           15            4           -            -            -            1
Yonkers, N.Y.                    U            U            U           U            U            U            U

E.N. CENTRAL                 1,998        1,366          392         139           51           46          132
Akron, Ohio                     40           37            2           1            -            -            1
Canton, Ohio                    33           26            6           1            -            -            4
Chicago, Ill.                  414          243           95          41           17           16           33
Cincinnati, Ohio               140          102           20           8            4            6            6
Cleveland, Ohio                154          107           33           7            3            4            1
Columbus, Ohio                 176          124           28          14            3            7           16
Dayton, Ohio                   148          111           28           7            2            -            8
Detroit, Mich.                 229          134           62          18            8            7           10
Evansville, Ind.                50           41            9           -            -            -            1
Fort Wayne, Ind.                65           46           10           8            1            -            6
Gary, Ind.                       6            3            3           -            -            -            -
Grand Rapids, Mich.             48           37            7           2            2            -            5
Indianapolis, Ind.             207          142           43          16            4            2           14
Lansing, Mich.                  33           24            2           3            2            2            5
Milwaukee, Wis.                  U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Peoria, Ill.                    49           36            8           1            1            1            7
Rockford, Ill.                  59           48            8           3            -            -            5
South Bend, Ind.                42           27            9           4            1            1            5
Toledo, Ohio                   105           78           19           5            3            -            5
Youngstown, Ohio                 U            U            U           U            U            U            U

W.N. CENTRAL                   635          440          110          42           15           21           37
Des Moines, Iowa                 U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Duluth, Minn.                   25           21            1           2            -            1            4
Kansas City, Kans.               U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Kansas City, Mo.               120           70           24          10            5            4            9
Lincoln, Nebr.                  33           25            5           1            1            1            3
Minneapolis, Minn.             186          137           28          16            4            1           14
Omaha, Nebr.                    79           54           11           5            2            7            5
St. Louis, Mo.                  86           48           21           7            3            7            2
St. Paul, Minn.                105           84           20           1            -            -            -
Wichita, Kans.                   -            -            -           -            -            -            -

S. ATLANTIC                    953          656          174          85           25           11           69
Atlanta, Ga.                     U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Baltimore, Md.                 272          176           57          32            5            1           20
Charlotte, N.C.                114           81           19           8            5            1           16
Jacksonville, Fla.             127           88           23          10            5            1            5
Miami, Fla.                      U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Norfolk, Va.                    49           35            5           6            2            1            3
Richmond, Va.                   58           42            9           6            1            -            3
Savannah, Ga.                   45           26           11           5            1            2            6
St. Petersburg, Fla.            50           42            6           2            -            -            2
Tampa, Fla.                    151          112           28           5            3            2           12
Washington, D.C.                80           48           15          11            3            3            2
Wilmington, Del.                 7            6            1           -            -            -            -

E.S. CENTRAL                   922          624          174          71           31           21           51
Birmingham, Ala.               207          128           41          17           11            9           19
Chattanooga, Tenn.              79           61           15           1            2            -            2
Knoxville, Tenn.                 U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Lexington, Ky.                  72           50           12           8            1            1            3
Memphis, Tenn.                 243          172           44          16            9            2           20
Mobile, Ala.                   140           96           26          13            3            2            -
Montgomery, Ala.                54           38            7           5            1            3            4
Nashville, Tenn.               127           79           29          11            4            4            3

W.S. CENTRAL                   958          681          176          59           24           18           50
Austin, Tex.                    67           43           14           4            5            1            5
Baton Rouge, La.                30           21            7           1            1            -            2
Corpus Christi, Tex.            61           51            7           2            -            1            3
Dallas, Tex.                   214          139           50          18            6            1            6
El Paso, Tex.                   75           53           16           5            1            -            1
Ft. Worth, Tex.                104           71           19          11            2            1            9
Houston, Tex.                    U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Little Rock, Ark.               86           64           12           2            3            5            4
New Orleans, La.                 U            U            U           U            U            U            U
San Antonio, Tex.              213          162           37           7            5            2            9
Shreveport, La.                  U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Tulsa, Okla.                   108           77           14           9            1            7           11

MOUNTAIN                       934          634          175          79           24           18           66
Albuquerque, N.M.              123           87           23           7            4            2            5
Boise, Idaho                    33           23            8           1            1            -            3
Colo. Springs, Colo.            47           37            9           1            -            -            2
Denver, Colo.                  155           95           22          24            6            8            6
Las Vegas, Nev.                197          137           41          17            1            1           13
Ogden, Utah                     19           13            6           -            -            -            2
Phoenix, Ariz.                  63           42           12           1            3            1           10
Pueblo, Colo.                   43           30            8           3            2            -            3
Salt Lake City, Utah           104           60           23          12            4            5            9
Tucson, Ariz.                  150          110           23          13            3            1           13

PACIFIC                        995          754          152          52           21           16           80
Berkeley, Calif.                 U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Fresno, Calif.                   U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Glendale, Calif.                 U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Honolulu, Hawaii                68           52           11           2            3            -            5
Long Beach, Calif.              87           58           19           6            1            3            9
Los Angeles, Calif.              U            U            U           U            U            U            U
Pasadena, Calif.                23           17            2           1            2            1            -
Portland, Oreg.                 97           70           13           8            4            2            6
Sacramento, Calif.               U            U            U           U            U            U            U
San Diego, Calif.              129           97           21           5            3            3           20
San Francisco, Calif.          136           99           24          10            1            2           16
San Jose, Calif.               149          106           28           9            4            2            9
Santa Cruz, Calif.              40           33            5           2            -            -            2
Seattle, Wash.                 121          121            -           -            -            -            6
Spokane, Wash.                  52           38           11           2            -            1            1
Tacoma, Wash.                   93           63           18           7            3            2            6

TOTAL                   10,020****        7,026        1,854         693          235          194          621

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U: Unavailable    -: no reported cases

   * Mortality data in this table are voluntarily reported from 122 cities in the United States, most of which have populations
     of 100,000 or more. A death is reported by the place of its occurrence and by the week that the death certificate was
     filed. Fetal deaths are not included.
  ** Pneumonia and influenza.
 *** Because of changes in reporting methods in this Pennsylvania city, these numbers are partial counts for the current
     week. Complete counts will be available in 4 to 6 weeks.
**** Total includes unknown ages.
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