Diphtheria Disease Statistics

The last case of diphtheria reported in Minnesota was in 1990. Continued success depends upon maintaining high immunization rates.

• Disease Control Newsletter (DCN)
  Annual summary of communicable diseases in Minnesota.
  Note: The DCN annual summary only includes details on diseases that have been reported for each year. The last case of diphtheria in Minnesota was reported in 1990. The DCN archives available on the web include 1997-2019, therefore there are no DCN annual summaries with diphtheria available on the web.