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Table 1 Temporal trends of age-specific incidence of bacterial infectious diseases by joinpoint regression analysis, China, 2004–2019 (AAPC, 95%CI).

From: Incidence and trends of 17 notifiable bacterial infectious diseases in China, 2004–2019

Bacterial infectious diseases

 

Age groups

0–5

6–14

15–24

25–64

65–74

≥ 75

Respiratory transmitted diseases #

8.10* (2.31 ~ 14.22)

4.95* (2.92 ~ 7.01)

-3.41* (-4.15~-2.67)

-3.86* (-4.31~-3.39)

-4.33* (-5.10~-3.55)

-4.27* (-6.63~-1.84)

Tuberculosisa

-14.16* (-16.02~-12.26)

-3.63* (-5.69~-1.52)

-3.38* (-4.13~-2.63)

-3.86* (-4.32~-3.40)

-4.33* (-5.10~-3.55)

-4.27* (-6.63~-1.84)

Scarlet fever

12.05* (8.80 ~ 15.40)

9.86* (7.06 ~ 12.75)

1.28 (-10.03 ~ 14.01)

0.91 (-0.70 ~ 2.55)

-1.27 (-3.41 ~ 0.91)

-7.40 (-16.64 ~ 2.86)

Pertussis

15.17* (9.22 ~ 21.44)

8.64 (-6.01 ~ 25.57)

3.07 (-7.39 ~ 14.70)

17.10* (5.40 ~ 30.10)

-

-

Meningococcal Meningitis

-18.08* (-24.48~-11.13)

-17.76* (-24.87~-9.97)

-22.45* (-25.94~-18.79)

-24.59* (-27.57~-21.48)

-14.88 (-34.78 ~ 11.09)

-

Leprosy

-

-0.90 (-5.58 ~ 4.00)

-0.87 (-3.68 ~ 2.01)

-1.03 (-3.36 ~ 1.36)

-1.06 (-6.19 ~ 4.34)

-3.77 (-7.49 ~ 0.10)

Direct contact/fecal-oral transmitted diseases

-11.56* (-13.02~-10.08)

-12.07* (-14.42~-9.64)

-15.13* (-15.76~-14.50)

-11.86* (-13.58~-10.11)

-10.03* (-11.25~-8.80)

-10.77* (-11.42~-10.12)

Bacillary dysentery

-12.00* (-13.46~-10.52)

-12.39* (-14.92~-9.78)

-15.12* (-15.97~-14.27)

-11.50* (-12.05~-10.96)

-10.34* (-11.67~-8.98)

-11.15* (-12.32~-9.97)

Typhoid & paratyphoid fever

-2.97* (-5.39~-0.48)

-9.78* (-12.21~-7.27)

-14.79* (-17.29~-12.21)

-11.67* (-13.53~-9.77)

-5.26* (-7.70~-2.75)

-3.46 (-7.07 ~ 0.29)

Cholera

-

-

-

-26.19* (-30.93~-21.13)

-

-

Blood-borne/sexually transmitted diseases

-4.00* (-6.04~-1.91)

2.29 (-0.33 ~ 4.97)

3.89* (2.82 ~ 4.96)

3.20* (2.67 ~ 3.74)

14.73* (13.51 ~ 15.95)

13.85* (10.86 ~ 16.93)

Syphilis

-1.68 (-4.15 ~ 0.85)

12.05* (5.83 ~ 18.63)

9.03* (7.55 ~ 10.53)

10.13* (7.94 ~ 12.36)

17.46* (15.67 ~ 19.28)

14.66* (11.56 ~ 17.85)

Gonorrhea

-11.23* (-12.76~-9.66)

-3.03 (-6.12 ~0.15)

-0.08 (-2.50 ~ 2.39)

-5.75* (-8.55~-2.86)

-3.16* (-4.91~-1.37)

-3.34* (-4.81~-1.85)

Zoonotic and vector borne diseases

0.45 (-2.71 ~ 3.71)

-3.34 (-10.98 ~ 4.97)

-3.34 (-6.71 ~ 0.15)

4.63* (1.65 ~ 7.69)

11.20* (7.58 ~ 14.96)

7.55* (3.74 ~ 11.50)

Brucellosis

8.56* (4.01 ~ 13.32)

4.67* (0.28 ~ 9.26)

-1.40 (-5.22 ~ 2.57)

5.50 *(2.28 ~ 8.82)

12.74* (8.73 ~ 16.89)

11.01* (6.26 ~ 15.98)

Typhus

-9.90* (-12.80~-6.90)

-10.67* (-12.00~-9.31)

-14.95* (-18.41~-11.33)

-8.13* (-9.49~-6.75)

-0.07 (-1.16 ~ 1.02)

-3.63* (-5.50~-1.71)

Leptospirosis

-

-22.82* (-25.37~-20.18)

-18.79* (-24.23~-12.96)

-12.26* (-14.44~-10.03)

-

-

Anthrax

-17.45* (-20.62~-14.16)

-7.28 (-15.01 ~ 1.14)

-4.84* (-8.85 ~ -0.65)

-4.29 (-10.26 ~ 2.07)

-2.44 (-5.28 ~ 0.48)

-3.21 (-10.48 ~ 4.66)

  1. (1) a indicates that rifampicin resistance cases of tuberculosis in 2017–2019 were removed from AAPC and APC calculations; (2) Neonatal tetanus is not included in the classification by transmission routes; (3) AAPC, average annual percentage change; APC, annual percentage change; 5. * indicate where AAPC or APC differed significantly (p < 0.05) from zero