Infectious diseases killed a total of 17,315 people across the Chinese mainland in 2012, up from 15,802 in the previous year, the Ministry of Health said Friday.

 

The top six infectious diseases, in terms of the number of deaths they caused, were AIDS, tuberculosis, rabies, viral hepatitis, hand-foot-mouth disease and epidemic hemorrhagic fever, a ministry statement said.

 

A total of 41,929 AIDS cases were reported, and 11,575 died from the disease, up from 9,224 the previous year.

 

The number of deaths caused by tuberculosis (2,662), rabies (1,361), viral hepatitis (747) and epidemic hemorrhagic fever (104) last year all dropped from 2011.

 

Nearly 7 million infectious disease cases were reported on the Chinese mainland, the ministry said.

 

A total of 75 cholera cases were reported on the mainland, with no fatalities. Bubonic plague claimed a single victim. Both diseases are categorized as Class A infectious diseases under the Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases. About 3.2 million Class B infectious disease cases were reported, with 16,720 fatalities. Viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, dysentery and gonorrhea were the most prevalent Class B infectious diseases, according to the report.

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