Mortality rates and temporal trends in notifiable infectious diseases^a in China, 1999–2008.

AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus. *Denotes a statistically significant (p<0.05) mean annual increase or decrease of disease-specific mortality rates during 1999 to 2008. aGroup A and B notifiable diseases. bThe detection limit of the mortality rate is 0.0001 per 100,000 population.