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Highest and Lowest VPD Morbidity in Texas by Year
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Disease
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Highest Morbidity
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Lowest Morbidity
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Congenital rubella syndrome
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12 cases in 1974
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0 cases in many, many years
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Diphtheria
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5,756 cases in 1933
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no cases since 1982
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Haemophilus influenzae type b
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843 cases in 1988
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3 cases in 1998
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Hepatitis A
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4,892 cases in 1973
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1,762 cases in 1976
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Hepatitis B
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1,958 cases in 1991
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260 cases in 1971*
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Measles
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88,000 cases in 1958
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0 in 1998 and 2000
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Mumps
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32,939 cases in 1950
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14 cases in 2001
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Paralytic poliomyelitis (wild)
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2,778 cases in 1950
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no cases since 1977
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Pertussis
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21,558 cases in 1947
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36 cases in 1976
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Rubella
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8,408 cases in 1970
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2 cases in 2001 & 2002
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Tetanus
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55 cases in 1954
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2 cases in 2002
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Varicella
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26,688 cases in 1997
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1,778 cases in 1972**
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§ Provisional data as of February 28, 2005
** little serologic testing of persons with hepatitis was performed in 1971
*** reporting of varicella (chickenpox) began in 1972
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