DataSet

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Clinical, epidemiologic and ecologic information on presumptive and confirmed cases of Plague is reported to CDC by State Departments of Health. Basic descriptive statistical analyses are performed on this data, such as regional and county specific incidence rates. Plague is also one of three internationally quarantinable diseases. Confirmed cases are reported to the Division of Quarantine, CDC, for reporting to the World Health Organization.

Methods of data collection for this system include: notification of case(s)/events Collect animals/flea Data are originally collected by: individuals by self-report private/doctors or nurses hospitals public health clinics public health laboratories state/local health departments universities IHS USDA NPS

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InfoPac

Race and/or Ethnicity data available. In general, the U.S. plague case data (about 400 cases over the past 40 years) are specified to race/ethnicity as follows (the designations have changed somewhat as shown in parentheses). We have left the designations as they were originally recorded over the past 4 decades and have made no effort to update them to fit current styles: White (or Caucasian, Non-Hispanic); Hispanic (or Caucasian, Hispanic); Indian; (now Native American, listed by tribe whenever possible, for ex. AIN = American Indian Navajo, American Indian Pueblo, etc.) Oriental (now would be referred to as Asian--only one such case); Pacific Islander (only one such person--from the Phillipines). Please not that there are no Black cases on the list. If such a case did occur, however, we would undoubtedly record it as Black for race/ethnicity.

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