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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Microbiology Lab 7-3. Epidemiology. The MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) reports data on the 58 notifiable (reportable) diseases that are tracked by the CDC.
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Microbiology Lab 7-3
Epidemiology • The MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) reports data on the 58 notifiable (reportable) diseases that are tracked by the CDC. • You will choose a notifiable diseases and collect data on this disease from the most recent complete calendar year, calculate incidence values and graph results.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrmorb.asp U.S. population on July 1, 2009 was 307,006,550
You must turn this empty table …into this
http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrmorb.asp Start by choosing the YEAR and WEEK 01
Scan the NNDSS Tables and pick a disease. I have chosen Coccidioidomycosis from Table II (part 1)
Calculate the 4-week Totals Calculate the Incidence Values for each 4-week period. Incidence rate = # of new cases in the time period divided by the population size
Your graph: Cumulative # of cases versus Week Your graph: Incidence versus Week