{"id":10109,"date":"2023-08-10T09:45:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T13:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/surveillance-and-investigation\/?page_id=10109"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:31:31","slug":"annual-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/surveillance-and-investigation\/annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-10109\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-10109-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-10109-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-10109-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The Office of Epidemiology, in partnership with health departments throughout Virginia, is responsible for the ongoing statewide surveillance of reportable diseases. Disease surveillance is the collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health-related data that is used to inform public health actions to reduce illness.<\/p>\n<p>This report summarizes surveillance data for diseases and conditions listed as reportable in the Virginia Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control and reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year. Included in this report is a brief description of each disease, a map of disease incidence rate by locality or region, and a graph of reported cases each year for up to ten years and the 5-year averages. Additional visualizations show disease data by age group, sex, and race for the year.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on disease reporting in Virginia, see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/clinicians\/disease-reporting-and-control-regulations\/\">Disease Reporting and Control Regulations webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-10109-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"so-rounded panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-10109-0-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>This dashboard provides summary data for most reportable conditions in Virginia; however, some conditions have their own data pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/disease-prevention\/disease-prevention\/hiv-aids-sexually-transmitted-disease-std-hepatitis-reports\/\">Congenital Syphilis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/candida-auris-in-the-state-of-virginia\/\">C. auris<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/carbapenemase-producing-organisms-quarterly-report\/\">Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW208711230 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drug-overdose-data\/neonatal-abstinence-syndrome-nas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW208711230 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW208711230 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"EOP SCXW208711230 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW152883783 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/epidemiology\/respiratory-diseases-in-virginia\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW152883783 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152883783 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Respiratory Diseases (COVID-19, Flu, RSV)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-10109-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virginia Department of Health Dashboard - Annual Report \" src=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/VDH_AnnualReport_2021\/DiseaseMapandAnnualTrends?:alerts=no&#038;:embed=y&#038;:display_spinner=no&#038;:showAppBanner=false&#038;:customViews=no&#038;:dataDetails=no&#038;:embed_code_version=3&#038;:loadOrderID=0&#038;:display_count=n&#038;:showVizHome=n&#038;:tabs=no&#038;:ShareOptions=false\" class=\"iframe-Annual-Report\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-10109-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><sup><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42864059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Subscript SCXW42864059 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"9\">Sources of information include the Virginia Electronic Disease Surveillance System (VEDSS) database, Maven surveillance <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun Subscript CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42864059 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"9\">system<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun Subscript CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42864059 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"9\">, <\/span><span class=\"SpellingError Subscript SCXW42864059 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"9\">eHARS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun Subscript SCXW42864059 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"9\"> surveillance system, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\">CDC<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42864059 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Subscript SCXW42864059 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"9\">, Red Book: 2021 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (American Academy of Pediatrics, Kimberlin, D., Barnett, E., Lynfield, R.; Sawyer, M. eds., 2021), and Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 21st Edition (Heymann, D., ed., 2022)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW42864059 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For more information visit:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Downloadable PDF version coming soon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"33\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:2160,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9642],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">To download these datasets, visit:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"33\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:2160,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9642],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/data.virginia.gov\/dataset\/vdh_pud_reportable-disease-surveillance-virginia_geography\/resource\/5b1fc1e7-3ef9-42cd-8dd1-6c3d4ef4da79\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Case counts and incidence rates by Locality or Region<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"33\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:2160,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9642],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/data.virginia.gov\/dataset\/vdh_pud_reportable_disease_surveillance_virginia_demographics\/resource\/836c1627-2dd9-4593-b770-d21e7a0096a1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Case counts and incidence rates by Age Group, Sex, and Race<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW121170097 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121170097 BCX0\">The Office of Epidemiology hopes that the readers of this report will find it to be a valuable resource for understanding the epidemiology of reportable diseases in Virginia. Any questions or suggestions about this report may be <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW121170097 BCX0\">directed to<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW121170097 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW121170097 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121170097 BCX0\"><a href=\"mailto:surveillance@vdh.virginia.gov\"> surveillance@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-10109-0-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-ee0b9bee753b-10109\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"surveillance-data-notes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-surveillance-data-notes\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-surveillance-data-notes\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSurveillance Data Notes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-surveillance-data-notes\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-surveillance-data-notes\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/vdh-geography-locator-tool\/\">Geography Locator Tool<\/a> can be used to identify Virginia\u2019s localities, health districts, and health planning regions.<\/li>\n<li>Conditions with an annual case count fewer than 20 are mapped at the region level to preserve patient anonymity.<\/li>\n<li>If available data is insufficient to calculate a 5-year average, the 5-year average is not shown.<\/li>\n<li>Population data have been adjusted to represent the specific population under surveillance when data are restricted to certain age groups, including invasive <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/em> infection (less than 5 years of age).<\/li>\n<li>Population-based incidence rates are presented to provide a measure of disease frequency in the population and to allow for comparisons between groups. When calculating\u00a0incidence\u00a0rates, population data prepared by the United States Census Bureau for the state\u2019s\u00a0localities (cities and counties) were used. The population data, prior to 2021, used to calculate incidence rates are based on\u00a0<a id=\"menur25m\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/bridged_race.htm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/bridged_race.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link bridged race population estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics\">bridged race population estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics<\/a>\u00a0using the prior year\u2019s population (e.g., 2021 surveillance data uses 2020 NCHS population data). The population data, 2022 onwards, are based on the <a id=\"menur25o\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/wonder.cdc.gov\/wonder\/help\/single-race.html#\" href=\"https:\/\/wonder.cdc.gov\/wonder\/help\/single-race.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link Single Race Population Estimates from United States Census Bureau\">Single Race Population Estimates from United States Census Bureau<\/a> using the prior year\u2019s population (e.g., 2022 surveillance data uses 2021 Single Race population data).<\/li>\n<li>The Race categories used prior to 2021 is presented as Black, White, or Other. The \u201cOther\u201d race category includes persons reported as Asian\/Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, or multi-racial persons.<\/li>\n<li>The Tiered Race category 2022 and going forward merges race and ethnicity into one field, and is presented as Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, White, Hispanic, Native American, Two or More Races, Other, and Unknown.<\/li>\n<li>Patient Sex is reported as Female, Male, or Unknown, as reported to VDH.<\/li>\n<li>Patient race and sex are displayed at the most granular level consistently available based on historical reporting processes.<\/li>\n<li>Report date reflects the CDC MMWR year (i.e., the date the case was reported to the health department). This may be different than the date of illness onset or diagnosis.<\/li>\n<li>Rates by locality are calculated based on residence of the patient, when known. When the address of the patient is neither reported by the healthcare provider nor ascertained by the health department, the location of the reporting source, such as the physician, hospital, or laboratory, is used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-10109-0-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"box-nav panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-10109-0-0-5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/surveillance-and-investigation\/virginia-reportable-disease-surveillance-data\/annual-reports\/\">Previous Annual Reports (1988 - 2016) &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Epidemiology, in partnership with health departments throughout Virginia, is responsible for the ongoing statewide surveillance of reportable diseases. 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