Germany Epidemiological Infection Yearbook for Notifiable Diseases 2008

The 2008 epidemiological yearbook contains data on the annual incidence of 55 notifiable diseases, as reported to the Robert Koch Institute. For each condition, tables and graphs provide case numbers, and incidence rates by region, sex, and 5-year age groups. Number of deaths are given for select conditions. A summary table presents the total number of cases and incidence rates for 2007 (updated numbers) and 2008. Customized tables for data from 2001 to the present year can be generated online using SurvStat@RKI.