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This is a list of diseases known (or declared) to have been eliminated from the United States, either permanently or at one time. (" Elimination " is the preferred term for "regional eradication" of a disease; the term " eradication " is reserved for the reduction of an infectious disease's global prevalence to zero.)
Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...
List of endocrine diseases; List of eponymous diseases; List of eye diseases and disorders; List of intestinal diseases; List of infectious diseases; List of human disease case fatality rates; List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals. Lists of plant diseases; List of pollution ...
Interstitial lung disease and pulmonary sarcoidosis: 1.9: 0.26%: 11.4 Other chronic respiratory diseases: 0.7: 0.09%: −3.2 Digestive diseases 30.3: 4.11%: −10.7 Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases 16.5: 2.24%: −9.7 Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases due to hepatitis B: 4.8: 0.65%: −14.3 Cirrhosis and other chronic liver ...
0–9. 1738–1739 North Carolina smallpox epidemic; 1789–1790 influenza epidemic; 1837 Great Plains smallpox epidemic; Tennessee cholera epidemic (1849–1850)
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In rural America, reversing the rise in heart disease and strokes isn’t a question of innovation. “We’re doing cutting-edge medical things here; we’re doing robotic surgery that no one ...
In the United States, the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS) is responsible for sharing information regarding notifiable diseases. As of 2020, the following are the notifiable diseases in the US as mandated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: [1]