Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System collates data from Australian states and territories. Data are published on the Department of Health and Ageing's website and quarterly data are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI). This page published in CDI volume 28, number 3 contains notifications for the period 1 April to 30 June 2004.

Page last updated: 30 October 2004

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Table 2. Notification of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 April to 30 June 2004, by date of notification,*

Disease State or territory Total 2nd quarter 20041 Total 1st quarter 2003 Total 2nd quarter 2003 Last 5 years mean 2nd quarter Year to date 2004 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio†
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
2
17
2
13
2
10
9
5
60
70
90
99.2
130
190.6
0.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
12
1,324
NN
216
66
30
386
87
2,121
1,479
1,470
1,817.2
3600
3,458.2
1.2
Hepatitis C (incident)
3
4
NN
NN
8
2
13
18
48
79
110
114.0
127
247.0
0.4
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
58
1,218
72
709
182
170
714
275
3,398
3,572
3,292
4,237.4
6970
8,699.0
0.8
Hepatitis D
0
2
0
5
0
0
1
0
8
4
5
5.4
12
10.8
1.5
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis2
77
NN
43
767
401
208
1,211
389
3,096
4,437
3,515
3,295.8
7533
6,870.8
0.9
Cryptosporidiosis‡
0
60
27
215
17
6
82
31
438
515
310
452.0
953
1,493.7
1.0
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2.0
6
6.6
1.5
Hepatitis A
0
32
3
7
1
0
15
16
74
106
108
174.4
180
399.4
0.4
Hepatitis E
0
1
0
1
0
2
5
0
9
11
1
4.0
20
6.2
2.3
Listeriosis
0
11
0
3
1
0
3
1
19
17
19
15.8
36
35.2
1.2
Salmonellosis (NEC)
44
524
102
666
145
48
321
137
1,987
2,772
1,602
1,676.0
4759
4,281.0
1.2
Shigellosis
1
20
36
23
15
2
15
31
143
154
103
130.6
297
285.0
1.1
SLTEC,VTEC3
0
0
0
2
5
0
1
0
8
12
12
9.2
20
26.6
0.9
Typhoid
0
8
0
1
1
0
2
3
15
27
6
11.0
42
35.0
1.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0.6
3
1.4
3.3
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
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
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chlamydia
157
2,329
443
2,136
666
258
1,866
1,049
8,904
9,215
7,432
5,236.8
18,119
10,387.2
1.7
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4.6
3
10.4
0.2
Gonococcal infection4
6
319
443
318
123
16
257
400
1,882
1,751
1,684
1,599.0
3,633
3,190.0
1.2
Syphilis (unspecified)
5
0
57
0
0
0
0
0
62
82
134
213.8
144
423.2
0.3
Syphilis < two years duration
0
47
1
24
8
0
23
8
111
142
104
96.5
253
202.5
1.2
Syphilis > two years or unknown duration
0
220
17
33
1
0
87
27
385
409
249
259.5
794
514.0
1.5
Syphilis - congenital
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
3
2
3
2.8
5
4.4
1.1
Vaccine preventable disease
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.2
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
7
8
10.2
10
15.8
0.3
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)‡
1
106
4
26
13
2
8
1
161
107
130
306.3
268
395.7
0.5
Measles
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
1
7
11
27
26.8
18
71.6
0.3
Mumps
0
12
0
5
1
0
0
0
18
24
12
39.8
42
69.0
0.5
Pertussis
13
573
1
140
59
8
112
147
1,053
1,107
832
1,100.6
2,160
2,273.0
1.0
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)‡
17
226
18
107
51
23
106
42
590
328
544
510.7
918
768.3
1.2
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
6
0
4
0
0
0
0
10
6
11
51.4
16
105.8
0.2
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
1
0.2
0.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0.4
3
2.4
2.5
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
135
8
157
3
0
3
10
316
319
760
397.8
635
662.6
0.8
Dengue
2
6
5
47
0
0
3
1
64
236
264
88.6
300
227.6
0.7
Flavivirus infection NEC
0
4
0
24
0
0
1
0
29
74
15
11.4
103
32.0
2.5
Japanese encephalitis‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
1
0.0
0.0
Kunjin virus‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
5
2.3
6
7.3
0.0
Malaria
4
19
8
75
8
8
19
8
149
127
155
169.4
276
380.8
0.9
Murray Valley encephalitis‡
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
1
1.5
0.0
Ross River virus infection
3
324
17
866
7
10
21
138
1,386
2,444
2,350
1,386.2
3,830
2,812.2
1.0
Zoonoses
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
3
0
0
1
0
4
6
7
5.0
10
12.0
0.8
Leptospirosis
0
5
1
46
0
0
0
0
52
65
28
67.4
117
143.6
0.8
Lyssavirus unspecified‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
15
0
0
1
0
37
0
53
70
44
37.0
123
62.8
1.4
Q fever
0
52
1
34
6
0
11
2
106
110
121
150.2
216
320.4
0.7
Other bacterial infections
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Legionellosis
1
26
3
3
10
0
34
11
88
86
87
113.4
174
191.4
0.8
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1.2
2
2.4
0.0
Meningococcal infection
1
46
4
22
5
6
27
9
120
96
104
136.6
216
241.8
0.9
Tuberculosis
0
52
3
19
18
3
64
16
175
227
192
225.8
402
474.4
0.8
Total
407
7,747
1,323
6,721
1,825
812
5,464
2,864
27,163
30,324
25,953
24,296.5
57,487
50,053.4
1.1

1.Totals comprise data from all states and territories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
2. Not reported from New South Wales where it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Infections with shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
* Date of onset = the true date of onset. If this is not available, the 'date of onset' is equivalent to the earliest of two dates: (i) specimen collection date or (ii) the date of notification to a public health unit. Hepatitis B and C unspecified were analysed by date of notification.
† Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to the mean of last 5 years for the same quarter.
‡ Notifiable from January 2001. Ratio and mean calculations are based on the last three years.
NN Not notifiable.
NEC Not elsewhere classified.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 28 No 3, September 2004.

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