Prevalence and Incidence of Typhoid fever

Incidence (annual) of Typhoid fever:

346 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999) ... see also overview of Typhoid fever.

Incidence Rate:

approx 1 in 786,127 or 0.00% or 346 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "346 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)" -- see also general information about data sources]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Typhoid fever:

346 per year, 28 per month, 6 per week, 0 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. [Source statistic for calculation: "346 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)" -- see also general information about data sources]

Prevalance of Typhoid fever:

In the United States about 400 cases occur each year, and 70% of these are acquired while traveling internationally. Typhoid fever is still common in the developing world, where it affects about 12.5 million persons each year. (Source: excerpt from Typhoid Fever (General): DBMD)

Worldwide prevalence of Typhoid fever:

estimated 16 million cases of typhoid fever (DBMD)

Incidence statistics for Typhoid fever:

The following statistics relate to the incidence of Typhoid fever:

• 0.28 per 100,000 in Canada 2000¹
• 16 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS)
• 0.4 new cases of typhoid per 100,000 population was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 73 new cases of typhoid was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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