Analysis of the incidence and characteristics of legal infectious diseases in China from 2014 to 2024
HE Wenmei
YU Xiaobo
WANG Haitao
YU Weiguo
Abstract：Objective Analyze the epidemic patterns and characteristics of statutory infectious diseases in China from 2014 to 2024,and provide scientific basis for optimizing the prevention and control strategies of statutory infectious diseases.Methods Based on the monthly release of the"National Overview of Statutory Infectious Disease Epidemic Situation"by the National Health Commission's Disease Control Bureau from 2014 to 2024,collect data on the incidence of statutory infectious diseases and conduct retrospective analysis.Results From 2014 to 2024,China has reported a total of 99 354 266 cases of legally recognized infectious diseases,including 227 cases of Class A infectious diseases,35 628 940 cases of Class B infectious diseases(35.86%),and 63 725 099 cases of Class C infectious diseases(64.14%).According to the classification and statistics of the transmission routes of Class A and Class B infectious diseases,the number of cases and deaths of blood borne and sexually transmitted infectious diseases ranks first among the four types of diseases and is on the rise;The top five diseases in terms of incidence are:influenza(29.61%),hand foot mouth disease(19.00%),viral hepatitis(15.45%),other infectious diarrhea(12.38%)and tuberculosis(8.83%);The top five diseases with the highest number of deaths were:AIDS(80.04%),tuberculosis(12.04%),viral hepatitis(4.16%),rabies(1.67%)and hand foot mouth disease(0.41%).Among the legal infectious diseases,the incidence rate of hand foot mouth disease and pulmonary tuberculosis has declined year by year,but the incidence rate of viral hepatitis,influenza,other infectious diarrhoeal diseases and syphilis is on the rise.Conclusions The overall incidence rate of notifiable infectious diseases in China is on the rise.The incidence rate and mortality of blood borne and sexually transmitted infections are high and growing.In future work,we need to focus on the high mortality and growth trend of blood borne and sexually transmitted infections,and strengthen targeted prevention and control measures.
Keywords：legal infectious diseasesdistributionepidemiological characteristicsincidence ratefatality rate
Publication Date：2025-10-30
Online Publishing Date：2025-11-19(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 484-490 )