Fwd: CDC: Hepatitis B Down 89% in Kids

[Guest guest]

CDC: Hepatitis B Down 89 Percent in Kids

http://news./news?

tmpl=story & u=/ap/20041104/ap_on_he_me/hepatitis_b

Thu Nov 4, 3:11 PM ET Health - AP

ATLANTA - Cases of hepatitis B among children and teenagers have

dropped by almost 90 percent in the past decade, thanks to a

vaccination program against the virus, the government said Thursday.

A total of 13,829 youngsters had hepatitis B in the United States

between 1990 and 2002, the period of the study. The rate for that

group dropped from 3.03 cases per 100,000 people in 1990 to 0.34 per

100,000 in 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(news - web sites) said.

A government recommendation that all infants get hepatitis B

vaccinations was put in place in 1991. The program was expanded in

1995 to 11- and 12-year-olds and in 1999 to all children.

The hepatitis B attacks the liver. It can cause scarring of the

liver, liver cancer, liver failure and death. The virus can be

transmitted by casual contact with blood or other body fluids, as

well as through sex or shared needles, or from mother to baby during

birth.

___

On the Net:

CDC study: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr

--- End forwarded message ---

[Guest guest]

> A total of 13,829 youngsters had hepatitis B in the United States

> between 1990 and 2002, the period of the study. The rate for that

> group dropped from 3.03 cases per 100,000 people in 1990 to 0.34 per

> 100,000 in 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

> (news - web sites) said.

Of course, this caused 89 cases per 100,000 of autism, but they don't

track that.....

Andy .. . . . .. .

[Guest guest]

>

> > A total of 13,829 youngsters had hepatitis B in the United States

> > between 1990 and 2002, the period of the study. The rate for that

> > group dropped from 3.03 cases per 100,000 people in 1990 to 0.34

per

> > 100,000 in 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

> > (news - web sites) said.

>

> Of course, this caused 89 cases per 100,000 of autism, but they

don't

> track that.....

>

> Andy .. . . . .. .

Or the many cases of ADHD, seizure disorders, MS, etc.

Michele