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Health Protection Report
Have you been paying attention? - May 2015
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Have you been paying attention? - May 2015
Content 1
How many cases of Ebola virus disease were reported in West Africa in the week to 3 May 2015? Since the epidemic was first identified in 2014?
What was the rate of breast among women aged 50-69 in NSW in 1998? In 2008? What has been the death rate over that time?
How many cases of Ross River virus infection were notified to NSW Health in in all of 2014? In the first 4 months of 2015?
Answer
According to WHO (7 May), 18 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease was reported in the week to 3 May: 9 each in Guinea and Sierra Leone, after a month during which case incidence varied from 30 and 37 confirmed cases per week. Liberia has reported fewer than 10 cases per week since the start of January this year and no cases in recent weeks. See:
http://apps.who.int/ebola/en/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-6-may-2015
As of May 3, 2015, 26,628 suspected cases of ebola virus disease have been reported in west Africa , including: 14,946 laboratory-confirmed cases and 11,020 deaths. See:
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/
There were 285.6/100,000 women aged 50-69 years old diagnosed with breast cancer in NSW in 1998. This remained fairly steady at 289.8/100,000 in 2008. In the same period deaths from breast cancer fell from 58.1/100,000 women aged 50-69 years old to 45.7/100,000.
There were 680 cases of Ross River virus infection notified in NSW in all of 2014. 1154 case of Ross River virus infection notified in NSW in the first 4 months of 2015 alone, mainly from the North Coast.
Content 2
Current as at: Monday 25 May 2015
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Report: May 2015
Summary
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