2012 by the numbers: A year in review
Minnesota Department of health Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Divison
Every day, on average:
1/2
801 calls in 2012 (an average of 2 each day)
are answered by the foodborne
illness hotline.
hour:
A chalmydia diagnosis
2
A new syphilis case is reported
every 26 hours.
A new HIV infection is diagnosed
every 28 hours.
3
4
25
Top 5 countries of origin for
MN refugees
Ethiopia
Iraq
Bhutan
5
776
Burma
Somalia
21
9
807
Counties refugees
settled in across MN
3
4,485
3,082
2,264
8
Ca
Other
mp
ylo
bac
14
ter
Salmonella
12
5
26
Norovirus
Tick species in MN
(2 commonly feed on humans)
33
Human influenza A cases
associated with direct or indirect
contact with swine
hours:
A gonorrhea diagnosis
hours:
A refugee arrives in MN
Bacterial intoxication
201
hours:
A pertussis case reported
144 Foodborne outbreaks investigated
147
160
18,048
% of adult black-legged ticks and
20% of nymphs, infected with
Lyme disease bacteria
(based on MDH field studies)
different tick-borne diseases are associated
with blacklegged ticks
(Lyme disease, babesiosis, human anaplasmosis,
one form of human ehrlichiosis, and Powassan disease)
For more information about the Minnesota Department of Health Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention,
and Control Division (IDEPC) Division visit: www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc