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Table 3. Notification rates of diseases by state and territory, 1 January to 31 March 2005. (Rate per 100,000 population)
Disease* |
ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Aust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloodborne diseases |
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| Hepatitis B (incident) | 2.5 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 21.0 |
51.1 |
52.0 |
24.6 |
14.1 |
10.8 |
33.9 |
24.2 |
34.8 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 1.2 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
NN |
2.1 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
4.6 |
0.8 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 49.4 |
87.2 |
142.1 |
73.2 |
23.2 |
51.4 |
57.7 |
53.7 |
68.1 |
| Hepatitis D | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
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| Botulism | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacteriosis† | 145.7 |
NN |
116.1 |
105.7 |
114.7 |
161.0 |
133.8 |
123.1 |
81.8 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 4.9 |
8.0 |
78.0 |
74.1 |
15.1 |
0.8 |
11.3 |
12.1 |
23.0 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Hepatitis A | 3.7 |
1.2 |
4.0 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
1.6 |
| Hepatitis E | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
| Listeriosis | 0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
| Salmonellosis (NEC) | 38.3 |
40.6 |
234.1 |
90.4 |
39.4 |
34.0 |
47.8 |
42.0 |
53.8 |
| Shigellosis | 3.7 |
2.4 |
114.0 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
2.7 |
10.3 |
4.4 |
| SlTEC, VTEC‡ | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Typhoid | 0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
Quarantinable diseases |
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| Cholera | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
<0.1 |
| Plague | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rabies | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Smallpox | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Tularemia | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Yellow fever | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Sexually transmissible infections |
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| Chlamydial (NEC) | 212.3 |
166.4 |
724.3 |
241.1 |
145.0 |
185.8 |
172.8 |
253.5 |
196.1 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Gonococcal infection | 8.6 |
20.7 |
834.4 |
38.8 |
17.5 |
7.5 |
21.0 |
94.4 |
38.9 |
| Syphilis | 4.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Syphilis < 2 years | 2.5 |
2.3 |
44.0 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
| Syphilis > 2 years | 0.0 |
12.8 |
46.0 |
4.6 |
0.0 |
4.1 |
7.3 |
5.2 |
8.1 |
| Syphilis congenital | 0.0 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
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| Diphtheria | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 0.0 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | 3.7 |
16.4 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
5.0 |
7.5 |
| Measles | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Mumps | 0.0 |
1.9 |
6.0 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
| Pertussis | 55.6 |
45.8 |
62.0 |
33.5 |
70.9 |
5.8 |
23.4 |
38.7 |
38.5 |
| Pneumococcal disease (invasive) | 12.3 |
4.4 |
20.0 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
6.6 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
4.8 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Rubella congenital | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Tetanus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Vectorborne diseases |
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| Barmah forest virus infection | 0.0 |
6.4 |
26.0 |
18.3 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
3.2 |
6.5 |
| Dengue | 1.2 |
0.6 |
18.0 |
6.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
1.9 |
| Flavivirus infection NEC | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| Japanese encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Kunjin virus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Malaria | 6.2 |
7.0 |
30.0 |
14.3 |
5.7 |
8.3 |
2.2 |
4.6 |
7.1 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 3.7 |
6.8 |
214.1 |
55.8 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
8.5 |
16.6 |
Zoonoses |
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| Anthrax | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Brucellosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
| Lyssavirus (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ornithosis | 0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
| Q fever | 0.0 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
Other bacterial infections |
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| Legionellosis | 0.0 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
4.4 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2.5 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.0 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
1.7 |
6.5 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
* Rates are subject to retrospective revision.
† Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
‡ Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
NN Not notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 2, June 2005.
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