Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions, United States: Annual Tables

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Annual data for 2021
Table 1 Reported cases of notifiable diseases and rates - United States, 2021 (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2 Annual reported cases of notifiable diseases, by geography - United States and Territories, 2021
Table 2a Anthrax;   Arboviral diseases;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2b Arboviral diseases;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2c Arboviral diseases;   Babesiosis;  Botulism;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2d Brucellosis;   Campylobacteriosis;  Candida auris, clinical;  Carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae;  Chancroid;  Chlamydia trachomatis infection;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2e Cholera;   Coccidioidomycosis;  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19);  Cryptosporidiosis;  Cyclosporiasis;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2f Dengue virus infections;   Diphtheria;  Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2g Giardiasis;   Gonorrhea;  Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease;  Hansen's disease;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2h Hantavirus infection, non-hantavirus pulmonary syndrome;   Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome;  Hemolytic uremic syndrome post-diarrheal;  Hepatitis, Viral Disease;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2i Human immunodeficiency virus diagnoses;   Influenza-associated pediatric mortality;  Invasive pneumococcal disease;  Legionellosis;  Leptospirosis;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2j Listeriosis;   Lyme disease;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2k Malaria;   Measles;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2l Meningococcal disease;   Mumps;  Novel Influenza A virus infections;  Pertussis;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2m Plague;   Poliomyelitis, paralytic;  Poliovirus infection, nonparalytic;  Psittacosis;  Q fever;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2n Rabies;   Rubella;  Rubella, congenital syndrome;  Salmonella Paratyphi infection;  Salmonella Typhi infection;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2o Salmonellosis (excluding S. Typhi infection and S. Paratyphi infection);   Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus disease;  Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC);  Shigellosis;  Smallpox;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2p Spotted fever rickettsiosis;   Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome;  Syphilis;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2q Tetanus;   Toxic shock syndrome (other than Streptococcal);  Trichinellosis;  Tuberculosis;  Tularemia;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2r Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus;   Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus;  Varicella morbidity;  Varicella mortality;  Vibriosis;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2s Viral hemorrhagic fevers;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 2t Yellow fever;   Zika virus;   (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 3 Reported cases of notifiable diseases, by month - United States, 2021 (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 4 Reported cases of notifiable diseases and rates, by age group - United States, 2021 (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 5 Reported cases of notifiable diseases and rates, by sex - United States, 2021 (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 6 Reported cases of notifiable diseases and rates, by race - United States, 2021 (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 7 Reported cases of notifiable diseases and rates, by ethnicity - United States, 2021 (Export Data) (PDF)
Table 8 Reporting Area, Total Resident Population, and Population by Age Subgroup, United States and U.S. Territories, 2021 (Export Data) (PDF)
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Notes:
  1. These are annual cases of selected infectious national notifiable diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). NNDSS data reported by the 50 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories are collated and published. Cases are reported by state health departments to CDC weekly. Because source datasets may be updated as additional information is received, statistics in publications based on that source data may differ from what is presented in these tables. Source datasets for the 2021 annual tables were officially closed on March 29, 2023.
  2. The list of national notifiable Infectious diseases and conditions for 2021 and their national surveillance case definitions are available by navigating to the Surveillance Case Definitions | CDC web page, selecting "2021" for the notifiable condition list year, checking "Infectious" conditions, and clicking "Get Notifiable List by Year". CSTE adopted the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) national surveillance case definition on April 5, 2020, and they approved a revision to the COVID-19 national surveillance case definition, effective August 5, 2020. On June 17, 2021, a revision to the COVID-19 national surveillance case definition was approved, effective September 1, 2021. Publication criteria for the finalized 2021 data are available at https://wonder.cdc.gov/nndss/documents/2021_NNDSS_Publication_Criteria_03162022.pdf. See also Guide to Interpreting Provisional and Finalized NNDSS Data.
  3. Population estimates for incidence rates are July 1st, 2020, estimates obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) postcensal estimates of the resident population of the United States for April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2020, by year, county, single year of age (range: 0 to 85 years), bridged-race (white, black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Pacific Islander), Hispanic ethnicity (not Hispanic or Latino, Hispanic or Latino), and sex (Vintage 2020), prepared under a collaborative arrangement with the U.S. Census Bureau. Population estimates for states released September 22, 2021, are available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race/data_documentation.htm. Population estimates for territories are the 2020 mid-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base, accessed on March 15, 2022, at https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/#/country?YR_ANIM=2022. The choice of population denominators for incidence is based on the availability of population data at the time of publication preparation.
  4. Annual tables for 2016 and later years are available on CDC WONDER.
  5. Annual summary reports from 1993–2015 are available as published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
  6. NNDSS annual tables since 1952 are available at CDC Stacks (once in CDC Stacks, select "Annual Reports" in the "Genre" box to the left).
  7. For most conditions, national incidence rates are calculated as the number of reported cases for each infectious disease or condition divided by the U.S. resident population for the specified demographic population or the total U.S. resident population, multiplied by 100,000. When a national notifiable infectious condition is associated with a specific age restriction, the same restriction was applied to the population in the denominator of the incidence rate calculation. In addition, population data from reporting jurisdictions in which the disease or condition was not reportable or not available were excluded from the denominator of the incidence rate calculations.

    Age restrictions in the numerator and denominator are applied for the following childhood conditions:

    • Zika virus disease, congenital (age restriction in numerator and denominator is <1 year)
    • Zika virus infection, congenital (age restriction in numerator and denominator is <1 year)
    • Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease <5 years (age restriction in numerator and denominator is <5 years)
    • Invasive pneumococcal disease <5 years (age restriction in numerator and denominator is <5 years)
    • Influenza associated pediatric mortality (age restriction in numerator and denominator is <18 years)
    • Infant botulism (age restriction in numerator and denominator is <1 year)
    • Congenital rubella syndrome (age restriction in numerator and denominator is <1 year)
    • Perinatal hepatitis B infection (age restriction in numerator and denominator is ≤24 months)
    • Perinatal hepatitis C infection (age restriction in numerator and denominator is ≤36 months).

    Data for congenital syphilis are aggregated by the infant's year of birth. The rate for congenital syphilis is based upon the number of reported cases per 100,000 live births, using natality data for 2021 (National Center for Health Statistics Natality 2021, as compiled from data provided by the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program). Congenital syphilis cases are usually assigned to the mother's state of residence at the time of delivery. The mother's race and ethnicity are used for race- and ethnicity-specific rates of congenital syphilis cases.

  8. Surveillance data reported by other CDC programs might vary from data reported in these tables because of differences in 1) the date used to aggregate the data, 2) the timing of reports, 3) the source of the data, 4) surveillance case definitions, and 5) policies regarding case jurisdiction (i.e., which jurisdiction should submit the case notification to CDC).
  9. Disease data presented in the 2021 tables reflect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as changes in exposure-related behavior, healthcare-seeking behavior, disease reporting, and public health investigations.
Suggested Citation: Acknowledgment:
  • CDC acknowledges the local, state, and territorial health departments that collected the data from a range of case ascertainment sources (e.g., healthcare providers, hospitals, laboratories) and reported these data to CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.