DSHS Disease (Morbidity) Data Sources
Texas law reqires that disease information for certain diseases be reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). See Disease Reporting - Notifiable Conditions for a detailed list. In addition, for some non-reportable diseases like influenza, DSHS gets estimates of the rates from active surveillance programs or special research studies.
Online disease (morbidity) data can be found at the following DSHS web sites:
| Birth Defects |
| Cancer |
| Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke |
| Chronic Disease |
| Environmental Illness |
| HIV/STD, AIDS |
| Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance (Infectious Disease Control) |
| Major Trauma |
| Tuberculosis |
Vaccine Preventable Diseases has data for the following diseases:
| Congenital Rubella Syndrome |
Mumps |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b |
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) |
| Hepatitis A |
Rubella |
| Hepatitis B |
Tetanus |
| Hepatitis B, Perinatal |
Varicella (Chickenpox) |
| Measles |
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Zoonotic Diseases has data for the following diseases:
| Anthrax |
Malaria |
| Brucellosis |
Q-Fever |
| Dengue |
Plague |
| Ehrlichiosis |
Rabies |
| Encephalitis (CE) |
Relapsing Fever |
| Encephalitis (EEE) |
RMSF |
| Encephalitis (SLE) |
Tularemia |
| Encephalitis (West Nile) |
Typhus (Murine) |
| Hantavirus |
West Nile Fever |
| Lyme Disease |
Yellow Fever |
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