Australia's notifiable diseases status, 1999: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

This article published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001 contains the 1999 annual report of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. This annual report is available as 32 HTML documents and is also available in PDF format.

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Appendix 2

The following table displays the years from which diseases became notifiable in different jurisdictions in Australia. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au

Appendix 2. Years from which diseases became notifiable in different jurisdictions in Australia*

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
1996
1993
1993
1991
1993
1993
1993
1996
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
1991
1991
NN
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Hepatitis C (incident)
1995
1993
1995
NN
1993
1995
1997
1996
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
1991
1991
1991
1991
1994
1991
1991
1993
Hepatitis D
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
NN
Hepatitis (NEC)
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
NN
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
1992
1998
1998
1998
1993
1992
1992
NN
Campylobacteriosis
1991
NN
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
Hepatitis A
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Hepatitis E
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
NN
Listeriosis
1991
1991
1993
1991
1993
1991
1991
1991
Salmonellosis (NEC)
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Shigellosis
1991
NN
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
SLTEC, VTEC
1999
1999
1999
NN
1999
1999
1999
NN
Typhoid1
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Yersiniosis (NEC)
1993
NN
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Plague
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Rabies
1993
1997
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Viral haemorrhagic fever
1993
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Yellow fever
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Sexually transmissible infections
Chancroid
1991
1994
1991
1991
1997
1993
1991
1991
Chlamydial
1993
1991
1991
1991
1993
1991
1991
1994
Donovanosis
1991
1999
1991
1991
NN
1993
1991
1991
Gonococcal infection2
1991
1993
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Lymphogranuloma venereum
1991
1997
1991
1991
1997
1992
1991
NN
Syphilis
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Haemophilus influenzae type b
1993
1991
1991
1991
1993
1993
1993
1994
Measles
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Mumps
1992
1992
1995
1997
1994
1995
1992
1994
Pertussis
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Poliomyelitis
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Rubella
1991
1991
1993
1991
1993
1995
1992
1994
Tetanus
1991
1991
1991
1994
1991
1991
1991
1991
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)3
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1991
Barmah Forest virus infection
1995
1995
1997
1995
1995
1995
1995
1996
Dengue
1993
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Malaria
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Ross River virus infection
1993
1993
1991
1991
1993
1993
1991
1991
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Hydatid Infection
1991
NN
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Leptospirosis
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Ornithosis
1991
NN
1991
NN
1991
1991
1991
1991
Q fever
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Leprosy
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Meningococcal infection
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
Tuberculosis
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991

* Data from NNDSS annual reports from 1991. First full year of reporting to Commonwealth is shown. Some diseases may have been notifiable to State or Territory health departments before the dates shown here.
NN Not notifiable in 1999
1. Includes paratyphoid in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
2. Includes neonatal ophthalmia in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
3. Before 1997, includes RR, dengue and BF.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.

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