Health Pulse / North Dakota

North Dakota Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0634

Week of 2026-08-18

Influenza

Not Changing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0579

Week of 2026-05-26

RSV

Likely Declining

Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8133

Week of 2026-05-26

Notifiable Disease Reports

Disease	This Week	52-Week Max
Campylobacteriosis	2	9
Cryptosporidiosis	1	3
Giardiasis	1	2
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	1	5
Shigellosis	1	1
Tuberculosis	1	4

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 27, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

Long-term community health indicators (not current surveillance) — 2023 estimates.

Coronary Heart Disease

5.54%

Current Asthma

10.42%

Current Smoking

15.21%

Depression

21.7%

Diabetes

9.22%

Frequent Mental Distress

15.43%

High Blood Pressure

30.23%

No Health Insurance

7.81%

Obesity

38.35%

Physical Inactivity

22.83%

Source: CDC PLACES, state-level average of local estimates.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trend estimates and wastewater viral activity levels, not diagnoses or case counts. Public health surveillance data — not medical advice.