Alberta notifiable disease incidence

Manager, Monitoring This document was prepared under the guidance of Health System Accountability and Performance Division with review from senior staff of Surveillance and Assessment Branch and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. [...] This report links the various roles of the Health System Accountability and Performance Division by providing a historical account of selected notifiable communicable diseases in Alberta and identifying trends in incidence, thus allowing public health professionals to formulate a plan for future disease prevention. [...] Waters has made the well being of Canadians his life work” Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, December 1, 2002 4 Historical Notifiable Diseases in Alberta – 1919-2014 © 2015 Government of Alberta Selected Notifiable Communicable Diseases © 2015 Government of Alberta Historical Notifiable Diseases in Alberta – 1919-2014 5 Campylobacteriosis Campylobacteriosis is an enteric illness cause [...] With the 40 advent of antibiotics 60 35 and introduction of 30 50 BCG vaccine in 1956, 25 40 the number of cases 20 of tuberculosis has 30 decreased until the 80’s 15 20 when rates reached a 10 plateau.