The Health Ministry reported Wednesday that the nation’s 27 top
infectious diseases caused 234 deaths in February, up 35 percent
compared with the previous month.?
The ministry began releasing the monthly epidemic surveillance
report to the public this year.
A total of 207,555 cases of the leading infectious diseases were
reported on the mainland, with Hepatitis B accounting for the
largest number. It was followed by tuberculosis, gonorrhea,
bacillary and amoebic dysentery and viral hepatitis.
Rabies, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, epidemic cerebrospinal
meningitis and infant tetanus caused most of the deaths.
Rabies still caused the most deaths among communicable diseases
on the Chinese mainland, followed by infant tetanus, epidemic
cerebrospinal meningitis, AIDS and whooping cough.
(Xinhua News Agency March 11, 2004)