Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2003: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Appendices

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2003 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2003. The full report is available in 20 HTML documents. This document contains the Appendices. The full report is also available in PDF format from the Table of contents page.

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Megge Miller, Paul Roche, Keflemariam Yohannes, Jenean Spencer, Mark Bartlett, Julia Brotherton, Jenny Hutchinson, Martyn Kirk, Ann McDonald, Claire Vadjic

Appendices

Appendix 1. Mid-year estimate of Australian population, 2003, by state or territory

  ACT NT NSW Qld SA Tas Vic WA Aust
Male
159,401
104,177
3,321,964
1,893,287
755,870
235,268
2,423,399
976,872
9,871,642
Female
163,449
94,174
3,364,680
1,903,488
771,551
241,826
2,493,995
975,408
10,009,827
Total
322,850
198,351
6,686,644
3,796,775
1,527,421
477,094
4,917,394
1,952,280
19,881,469

 

Appendix 2. Mid-year estimate of Australian population, 2003, by state or territory and age group

Age ACT NT NSW Qld SA Tas Vic WA Aust
0–4
20,361
17,440
429,509
248,364
89,709
30,677
304,023
124,316
1,264,661
5–9
21,233
16,900
445,635
266,215
97,049
32,394
323,272
133,352
1,336,305
10–14
22,242
16,106
458,254
274,665
100,930
34,251
331,038
140,681
1,378,444
15–19
24,370
14,615
452,486
269,467
104,012
34,200
333,999
143,466
1,376,787
20–24
27,899
15,778
452,155
267,319
99,968
29,551
345,463
138,550
1,376,836
25–29
25,426
17,185
462,199
259,140
94,939
26,764
343,352
132,638
1,361,783
30–34
25,760
18,485
512,932
286,097
108,059
31,707
385,882
148,098
1,517,217
35–39
24,325
16,610
488,096
274,851
109,451
32,278
367,164
145,536
1,458,527
40–44
24,958
16,010
514,449
290,981
117,809
36,899
376,499
153,634
1,531,460
45–49
23,493
13,707
467,224
265,400
109,522
34,745
343,322
142,846
1,400,484
50–54
22,589
12,367
433,829
251,310
104,649
33,024
319,154
132,641
1,309,774
55–59
18,668
8,943
386,390
224,801
93,587
29,771
280,277
111,389
1,153,945
60–64
12,206
5,895
293,787
167,114
70,438
23,302
214,176
82,590
869,605
65–69
8,997
3,310
248,318
132,302
60,154
19,241
181,219
66,473
720,072
70–74
7,179
2,197
220,674
111,858
54,846
16,756
160,702
55,637
629,877
75–79
6,149
1,409
189,108
93,163
49,863
14,107
138,859
45,312
537,980
80–84
4,109
769
130,060
64,109
34,776
9,708
94,062
30,587
368,189
85–89
1,960
375
67,470
33,216
18,172
5,230
48,766
15,756
190,953
90–94
713
166
26,289
12,762
7,390
1,935
20,027
6,697
75,981
95–99
183
49
6,459
3,045
1,736
476
5,116
1,759
18,823
100 and over
30
35
1,321
596
362
78
1,022
322
3,766
Total
322,850
198,351
6,686,644
3,796,775
1,527,421
477,094
4,917,394
1,952,280
19,881,469

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Appendix 3. Completeness of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data, received from states and territories, 2003

  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Aust
Total notifications
1,847
26,555
4,923
26,246
7,431
2,147
23,434
12,373
104,956
Sex
Number unknown
2
54
2
21
0
2
379
16
476
% complete
99.9
99.8
100.0
99.9
100.0
99.9
98.4
99.9
99.5
Age
Number missing
0
0
0
0
0
8
33
16
57
% complete
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.6
99.9
99.9
99.9
Indigenous status
Number unknown
1,805
19,158
421
17,923
1,157
2,138
12,224
5,137
59,963
% complete
3.4
27.9
91.5
32.7
84.5
1.4
47.9
58.5
43.1

 

This article {extract} was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 1 March 2005 and may be downloaded as a full version PDF from the Table of contents page.

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