Table 3 Numbers of cases of each disease and notification rates in Izmir, 2003 (N = 3,506,672)
From: Completeness of hepatitis, brucellosis, syphilis, measles and HIV/AIDS surveillance in Izmir, Turkey
| Â | No. of records in the data sources | Â | Rates according to data sources (per 100,000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Lab diagnoses (a) | Notifications to Health Directorate (b) | Matched records (c) | Proportion of lab diagnoses notified % (c/a) | Lab diagnosis rate (a/N) | Notification rate (b/N) | Combined rate ([a+b-c]/N) |
Hepatitis A | 560 | 587 | 177 | 31.6 | 15.97 | 16.74 | 27.66 |
Hepatitis B | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   WHO criteria | 10285 | 225 | 157 | 1.5 |  |  |  |
   IgM anti-HBc | 380 | 225 | 46 | 12.1 | 10.84 | 6.42 | 15.94 |
Hepatitis C | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   WHO criteria | 148 | 89 | 2 | 1.4 |  |  |  |
   Hepatitis C total | 2271 | 89 | 75 | 3.3 |  |  |  |
   Dialysis & gastroenterology cases omitted | 1757 | 89 | 75 | 4.3 | 50.10 | 2.54 | 50.50 |
Brucellosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   WHO criteria | 151 | 116 | 48 | 31.8 | 4.31 | 3.31 | 6.25 |
   Agglutination ≤ 1/80 | 307 | 116 | 65 | 21.2 | 8.75 | 3.31 | 10.21 |
Syphilis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   WHO criteria | 201 | 86 | 52 | 25.9 | 5.73 | 2.45 | 6.70 |
   notified lab cases not meeting WHO criteria included | 217 | 86 | 68 | 31.3 | 6.19 | 2.45 | 6.70 |
Measles | 5a | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 7.76 | 7.87 |
HIV | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Confirmation or RNA positive | 23 | 15 | 6 | 26.1 | - | 0.17 | - |
   Confirmation or RNA positive, previous years' notifications included | 23 | 154b | 23b | 100.0 | - | - | - |
Total | 11402 | 1802 | 488 | 4.3 | - | - | - |