Public Health Challenges in the US: What are we Prioritizing?
Disease Number of New Cases, 2017 Deaths
1. Gonorrhea 500,000 ?
2. Syphilis 100,000 ?
3. HIV 33,000 15,000
4. C. difficile 450,000* 29,000*
5. Measles 120 0
Case numbers and deaths obtained from National Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions: United States, cdc.gov and hiv.gov.
* 2011 estimate is from a CDC study, as C. difficile is not a reportable disease, and no current data have been published. However, CDC surveillance at 10 US sites indicated a steady increase in cases from 2011 to 2014, the last year for which data are provided.
Case numbers and deaths obtained from National Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions: United States, cdc.gov and hiv.gov.
* 2011 estimate is from a CDC study, as C. difficile is not a reportable disease, and no current data have been published. However, CDC surveillance at 10 US sites indicated a steady increase in cases from 2011 to 2014, the last year for which data are provided.