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Table 3. Notification rates of diseases by State or Territory, 1 July to 30 September 2003. Rate per 100,000 population)
Disease1 |
State or territory | Australia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | ||
Bloodborne diseases |
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| Hepatitis B (incident) | 0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
1.2 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 17.4 |
45.9 |
NN |
23.0 |
13.9 |
16.9 |
32.7 |
25.1 |
32.5 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 5.0 |
1.8 |
NN |
NN |
3.7 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
6.0 |
2.7 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 88.2 |
110.7 |
141.4 |
69.1 |
38.2 |
79.5 |
77.2 |
59.6 |
83.1 |
| Hepatitis D | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| Hepatitis (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
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| Botulism | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacteriosis2 | 100.7 |
NN |
103.0 |
88.5 |
143.7 |
121.8 |
96.3 |
94.2 |
100.4 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 0.0 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
3.8 |
4.7 |
9.3 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
3.8 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Hepatitis A | 1.2 |
1.0 |
14.1 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
6.0 |
1.7 |
| Hepatitis E | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Listeriosis | 0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Salmonellosis | 16.2 |
14.0 |
161.6 |
32.4 |
17.9 |
21.2 |
13.9 |
20.5 |
20.1 |
| Shigellosis | 0.0 |
0.5 |
46.5 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
5.6 |
1.8 |
| SLTEC,VTEC3 | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Typhoid | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
Quarantinable diseases |
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| Cholera | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | 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 diseases |
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| Chlamydial infection | 161.6 |
114.3 |
761.6 |
204.4 |
119.2 |
143.8 |
135.2 |
189.7 |
152.2 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Gonococcal infection4 | 14.9 |
15.7 |
658.5 |
25.7 |
12.9 |
0.8 |
23.5 |
77.0 |
31.4 |
| Syphilis | 2.5 |
12.1 |
155.5 |
7.4 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
7.2 |
2.5 |
9.3 |
| Syphilis - congenital | 0.0 |
0.1 |
6.1 |
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 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Influenza(laboratory confirmed) | 5.0 |
41.7 |
222.2 |
81.9 |
69.2 |
5.9 |
51.2 |
109.0 |
60.7 |
| Measles | 0.0 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
| Mumps | 1.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
| Pertussis | 223.7 |
43.4 |
0.0 |
16.1 |
13.7 |
24.5 |
12.2 |
7.1 |
26.7 |
| Pneumococcal disease | 13.7 |
17.0 |
46.5 |
24.3 |
11.8 |
9.3 |
10.5 |
10.0 |
15.7 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
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 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Vectorborne diseases |
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| Arbovirus infection NEC | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0.0 |
3.4 |
2.0 |
11.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
3.3 |
| Dengue | 1.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
| Japanese encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Kunjin virus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Malaria | 6.2 |
1.4 |
10.1 |
5.9 |
1.6 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
17.3 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.3 |
4.3 |
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 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Other lyssavirus (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ornithosis | 0.0 |
1.4 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
| Q fever | 0.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
Other bacterial infections |
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| Legionellosis | 0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
4.7 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
2.9 |
1.4 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Meningococcal infection | 3.7 |
4.7 |
8.1 |
4.6 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
| Tuberculosis | 1.2 |
3.6 |
14.1 |
1.3 |
3.2 |
0.8 |
6.6 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
1. Rates are subject to retrospective revision.
2. Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
4. Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
5. Includes congenital syphilis.
6. Includes congenital rubella.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27 No 4, December 2003.
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