China Medical News

2016

February: Infectious diseases killed 16,744 Chinese in 2015

According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, there were more than 6.4 million cases of infectious diseases reported on the Chinese mainland in 2015, with a total of 16,744 deaths as a result of an infectious disease.
About half of the infectious diseases were categorized as Class B infections by China's Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, and HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, rabies, hepatitis, and human infection of H7N9 avian influenza, accounted for 98.55% of deaths in this category (16,584 deaths). Class C infection occupied most of the remaining half of the infections, with foot and mouth disease, infectious diarrhea, and influenza accounting for 97.5% of deaths in this category (160 deaths).
Cholera was the only Class A infection, with 13 cases and no deaths were reported. (Source: Xinhua)

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