Introduction

The Epidemiology Department at District 2 Public Health compiles data regularly for certain notifiable diseases and conditions across its thirteen counties in northeastern Georgia. This quarterly report aims to provide an overview of acute notifiable diseases occurring across District 2. These include:

• General Notifiables - food-/waterborne illness, vaccine-preventable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, and invasive bacterial infections, and

• STIs - chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.

Datasets and analysis files will be made available upon request. Please contact us if you have any further inquiries. For more information on District 2 Public Health, please visit our website.

Notes and Definitions

Vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) are infections in which spread or severity may be reduced through immunization of susceptible individuals. Only VPDs commonly seen in District 2, or VPDs of state interest, will be shown on this dashboard (such as pertussis/whooping cough and varicella/chickenpox).

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are also known as “sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)”. The STIs of focus in this report consist of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. New HIV infections are those that have occurred in the past 6 months.

For sexual orientation and sexuality:

• Heterosexual - Responses of men having sex with women (MSW) and women having sex with men (WSM) fall under this category.

• LGBTQ+ - Traditionally stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, etc. Responses of men having sex with men (MSM), women having sex with women (WSW), and either gender having sex with both genders (MSB/WSB) will fall under this category.

Food- & Waterborne Cases

172

Acute Hepatitis Infection(s)

1

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Invasive Bacterial Infections

62

Vaccine-Preventable Disease (VPD) Cases

24

Vectorborne Disease Cases

3

Chlamydia

198

Gonorrhea

36

Syphilis

36

New HIV

1

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Invasive Bacterial Infections

Overview of VPDs: Pertussis and Varicella

There were 24 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) and varicella (chickenpox) combined in District 2 for Quarter 2 (April to June), 2025. Across the district, 17 case(s) of pertussis and 7 case(s) of varicella had been seen. A county breakdown by disease is shown below as a table and to the right as a geographical map.

VPD cases by county and disease in District 2

Region	Varicella	Pertussis
Banks	0	0
Dawson	2	2
Forsyth	4	7
Franklin	0	0
Habersham	0	2
Hall	0	5
Hart	0	0
Lumpkin	0	1
Rabun	0	0
Stephens	1	0
Towns	0	0
Union	0	0
White	0	0
District 2	7	17

VPD Spread of Total Cases by County

Vectorborne Disease Cases

Assigned Sex at Birth

STI cases by assigned sex at birth in District 2

Assigned Sex at Birth	Cases	Percentage (%)
Female	154	56.6
Male	118	43.4

Summary Statistics for Age

For the quarter of Quarter 2 (April to June), 2025, the minimum age was 15, and the maximum was 71. The median age was 24.5, and the average age was 26.5.

Chlamydia

District chlamydia cases by county and age

County	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+
Banks	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dawson	0	1	2	2	2	0	1
Forsyth	0	4	10	4	4	0	1
Franklin	1	1	3	0	0	0	0
Habersham	1	3	5	5	2	2	1
Hall	10	11	39	24	15	4	6
Hart	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Lumpkin	0	0	6	0	0	1	1
Rabun	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Stephens	2	3	2	3	1	2	1
Union	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
White	0	0	1	1	0	0	0

Gonorrhea

District gonorrhea cases by county and age

County	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+
Dawson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Forsyth	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
Franklin	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Hall	2	4	5	6	1	1	1
Lumpkin	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rabun	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Stephens	1	0	1	1	1	2	0
Towns	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Syphilis

District syphilis cases by county and age

County	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40+
Forsyth	3	1	0	2	1
Habersham	2	3	3	3	4
Hall	1	5	2	1	0
Lumpkin	0	1	0	0	0
Stephens	0	0	1	1	0
Union	0	0	1	0	1

Note: The majority of syphilis cases from Habersham were identified from Lee Arrendale State Prison.

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