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Infectious Disease Infectious Disease includes the occurrence of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis and hepatitis (all types) as representative of all major infectious diseases in a state. It is a running three-year average. This component is not age- or race-adjusted. Also, as each individual state health department reports these diseases, the level of accuracy may differ from state to state. Table 26 displays the 2006 ranks, based on 2003 to 2005 data (Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Reports, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The incidence of infectious disease per 100,000 population varies from a reported low of less than five cases in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Idaho to a reported high of more than 40 cases in New York. The national average is 22.6 cases per 100,000 population, down from 24.6 cases per 100,000 population from the 2005 Edition and down considerably from 40.7 cases per 100,000 population from the 1990 Edition. Reported infectious disease decreased by 4.0 or more cases per 100,000 population in Georgia, Missouri and Louisiana. It increased in only 5 states; New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine, South Dakota and West Virginia. Since the 1990 Edition, Alaska, Oregon and Washington have seen the greatest decreases in reported cases with more than 70 fewer cases per 100,000 population. No states have experienced increases in the incidence of infectious disease since the 1990 Edition.
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