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Reduce or eliminate indigenous cases of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Target and baseline:

Objective

Reduction in Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

1998
Baseline

2010
Target

Number of Cases

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Congenital rubella syndrome (children under age 1 year)

7

0

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Diphtheria (persons under age 35 years)

1

0

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Haemophilus influenzae
type b* (children under age 5 years)

163

0

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Hepatitis B (persons aged
2 to 18 years)

945

9

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Measles (persons of all ages)

74

0

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Mumps (persons of all ages)

666

0

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Pertussis (children under
age 7 years)

3,417

2,000

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Polio (wild-type virus)
(persons of all ages)

0

0

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Rubella (persons of all ages)

364

0

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Tetanus (persons under age 35 years)

14

0

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Varicella (chicken pox)
(persons under age 18 years)

4 million

400,000

*Includes cases with type b and unknown serotype.
Estimated hepatitis B cases for 1997.[26]
Data based on average from 1990–94 for persons of all ages.

Target setting method: Total elimination for congenital rubella syndrome, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles, mumps, polio, rubella, and tetanus; 41 percent improvement for pertussis; 99 percent improvement for hepatitis B; and 99 percent improvement for varicella.

Data sources: National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS), CDC, EPO; National Congenital Rubella Syndrome Registry (NCRSR), CDC, NIP—congenital rubella syndrome; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs), Emerging Infections Programs, CDC, NCID—Haemophilus influenzae type b; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS—varicella.