1. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Microbiology
Lab 7-3

2. Epidemiology
The MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) reports data on the 58 notifiable (reportable) diseases that are tracked by the CDC.
You will choose a notifiable diseases and collect data on this disease from the most recent complete calendar year, calculate incidence values and graph results.

3.
U.S. population on July 1, 2009
was 307,006,550

4. You must turn this empty table
…into this

5.
Start by choosing the YEAR and WEEK 01

6. Scan the NNDSS Tables and pick a disease.
I have chosen Coccidioidomycosis from Table II (part 1)

7. This is the week 1 number you want

8. Week 1 number goes here

9. This your week 2 cumulative number

10. Week 2 cumulative number goes here

11. Calculate the 4-week Totals
Calculate the Incidence Values for each 4-week period.
Incidence rate = # of new cases in the time period divided by the population size

12. Your graph:
Cumulative # of cases versus Week
Your graph:
Incidence versus Week