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Japan Provisional Cases of Notifiable Diseases by Prefecture 2017

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
IDWR Surveillance Data Table 2017: Notifiable Diseases
Geography 
Japan (JPN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2017 - 12/2017
Series or system 
Japan National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (NESID)
Data type
Epi surveillance:
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The Infectious Disease Weekly Report (IDWR) tabulations "Provisional Cases of Notifiable Diseases by Prefecture, 52nd Week 2017" provides the number of cases of notifiable diseases reported in Japan during 2017. Case totals are provided for the country and by prefecture for 2017 (weeks 1-52 combined) and for the 52nd week of 2017. Infectious disease case notification data for Japan, provided in the Infectious Disease Weekly Report (IDWR), are collected by the Infectious Disease Surveillance Center for the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (NESID) program. NESID data is collected from prefectural and municipal public health centers, and quarantine stations through an on-line reporting system.