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Show Hepatitis A Compiled by Erin Maughan 2000 Utah Reported Cases: 71 Hepatitis A is a reportable disease, with incidence data collected through local state health departments and the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System at CDC. Hepatitis A is a viral infection of the liver. It is usually passed via contaminated food or water, or from person-to-person contact, especially from infected children who often do not exhibit signs or symptoms of the disease. Risk factors of being infected with hepatitis include living in a western state, international travel, men having sex with men, or illegal drug use. Hepatitis A tends to be cyclic in nature. Utah currently ranks 5 th in the nation in the number of cases of Hepatitis A per 100,000 people (1987-1997). However, the number of cases of Hepatitis A declined dramatically in 1998 due to better hygiene habits, especially with food preparation and the natural cycle of Hepatitis A. Healthy People 2010 has a goal to target populations at high risk of Hepatitis A, and to bring the rate from 11.3 new cases per 100,000 people to 4.5 new cases per 100,000 people. One way to accomplish this goal was recommended by the National Table 34. Reported Cases of Hepatitis A, Number and Rate per 100,000, Utah and U.S., 1992-2000.^ Utah U.S. Year Number Rate3 Number Rate3 1992 695 38.1 23,112 9.1 1993 828 44.4 24,238 9.4 1994 754 39.4 26,796 10.3 1995 696 35.5 31,582 12.0 1996 1013 53.6 31,032 11.7 1997 550 26.9 30,021 11.2 1998 196 9.3 23,229 8.6 1999 64 9.3 17,047 6.3 2000 71 3.2 not available a Age-adjusted to 2000 standard population. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice, who suggested that all children living in states with rates above 20 cases per 100,000 people should be vaccinated. Beginning in the fall of 2002, all Utah children entering kindergarten will be required to have been vaccinated for Hepatitis A. .....U.S. --------Utah 60 - o 50 - o x o ______^_ S^ x §40- ^-~~----^-^ x o \ t 30- \ x $ 2°- en CD O m . ...............^x. ±u ¦ 0 - 1992 1994 1996 Year 1998 2000 Figure 22. Reported Cases of Hepatitis A, Utah and U.S., 1992-2000. Sources: Community and Family Health Services (CFHS) Division. (2000). CFHS Division Plan and Report, 2001. SLC, UT: Utah Department of Health. Utah Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology. (2002). [Online] http://health.state.ut.us/els/epidemiology/anrpt/index.html/. Retrieved 4/2/02. National Center for Health Statistics (2000). Centers for Disease Control-MMWR reports. [Online] http://www.cdc.gOv/ncidpd/disease/hepatits/a/mmwr/ preview/mmwrhtml/mm4853al.htnV. Retrieved 4/1/02. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000). Healthy People 2010: Leading Health Indicators. [Online] http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/ Document/html/uih/uih 4.htm/. Retrieved 2/19/02. 76 Utah's Health: An Annual Review Volume VIII |
