Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Vaccination Coverage in Australia, 2001 to 2002 - Appendix 2 (Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 28 Suppl 2)

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Julia Brotherton, Peter McIntyre, Michele Puech, Han Wang, Heather Gidding, Brynley Hull, Glenda Lawrence, Raina MacIntyre, Nicholas Wood, Donna Armstrong
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Appendix 2. Notifications by State/Territory and year (January 1997–December 2002)

Table 26. Notifications by State or Territory and year (January 1997–December 2002)

Disease* Year Number of notifications
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total
Diphtheria
1997
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1998
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1999
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total†
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Haemophilus influenzae type b disease (<15 yr only)
1997
0
11
3
12
2
2
7
3
40
1998
0
11
0
6
1
2
2
5
27
1999
1
8
2
6
2
0
3
3
25
2000
0
4
0
7
1
0
2
0
14
2001
0
6
3
3
2
0
2
1
17
2002
0
4
2
1
2
0
1
6
16
Total†
1
44
10
35
10
4
17
18
139
Hepatitis A
1997
52
1,427
95
917
92
3
341
117
3,044
1998
53
927
45
1,050
97
8
171
146
2,497
1999
8
407
89
360
121
5
269
295
1,554
2000
5
199
45
133
54
3
193
181
813
2001
14
195
37
115
20
3
97
37
518
2002
4
149
47
65
16
4
74
32
391
Total†
136
3,304
358
2,640
400
26
1,145
808
8,817
Hepatitis B (acute)
1997
2
52
20
42
16
1
119
19
271
1998
1
55
18
47
18
6
91
31
267
1999
3
65
20
54
19
5
95
45
306
2000
3
96
6
56
30
18
121
75
405
2001
2
91
3
47
23
21
208
39
434
2002
0
86
22
53
11
19
175
37
403
Total†
11
445
89
299
117
70
809
246
2,086
Influenza
2001
14
241
(91)‡
(392)‡
135
(0)‡
(176)‡
234
(1,283)‡
2002
19
1,011
56
1,152
291
5
598
544
3,676
Total
33
1,252
(147)‡
(1,544)‡
426
(5)‡
(774)‡
778
(4,959)‡
Measles
1997
44
273
8
268
28
41
93
83
838
1998
8
118
1
35
6
36
34
50
288
1999
5
32
22
33
5
11
110
20
238
2000
3
35
0
26
11
1
21
10
107
2001
0
30
0
10
2
2
82
13
139
2002
0
8
0
8
2
0
14
0
32
Total†
60
496
31
380
54
91
354
176
1,642
Meningococcal disease
1997
9
219
15
72
22
9
100
49
495
1998
2
186
14
108
26
14
59
71
480
1999
5
221
8
92
27
13
138
86
590
2000
5
254
9
59
32
15
162
86
622
2001
6
230
13
120
39
23
164
76
671
2002
6
215
9
120
31
26
210
67
684
Total†
33
1,325
68
571
177
100
833
435
3,542
Mumps
1997
7
29
10
16
26
3
64
36
191
1998
5
39
5
31
8
3
53
38
182
1999
8
33
3
(12)‡
12
4
73
39
(184)‡
2000
17
94
4
NN
15
2
43
39
(214)‡
2001
1
28
1
(3)‡
12
2
38
29
(114)‡
2002
0
29
1
6
10
0
10
13
69
Total†
38
252
24
(68)‡
83
14
281
194
(954)‡
Pertussis (<5 yr only) 
1997
106
4,249
24
1,902
1,639
120
1,584
1,204
10,828
1998
100
2,308
24
1,393
549
55
1,078
284
5,791
1999
83
1,414
2
963
227
635
997
96
4,417
2000
208
3,693
9
527
588
142
699
92
5,958
2001
86
4,240
143
1,507
2,010
103
851
227
9,167
2002
55
2,011
37
1,820
473
41
884
229
5,550
Total†
638
17,915
239
8,112
5,486
1,096
6,093
2,132
41,711
Total†
39
1,741
59
604
462
47
623
517
4,092
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
2001
18
434
93
407
(114)‡
61
(325)‡
205
(1,657)‡
2002
33
861
65
428
180
63
453
211
2,294
Total
51
1,295
158
835
(294)‡
124
(778)‡
416
(3,951)‡
Poliomyelitis
1997
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1998
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1999
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total†
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella
1997
32
153
7
539
183
18
371
84
1,387
1998
22
78
5
372
16
14
181
65
753
1999
17
45
4
157
4
7
121
21
376
2000
4
192
0
46
7
1
67
6
323
2001
1
58
0
131
5
2
60
3
260
2002
3
35
1
187
5
1
16
3
251
Total†
79
561
17
1,432
220
43
816
182
3,350
Tetanus
1997
0
3
0
2
0
1
1
0
7
1998
0
3
0
1
1
1
1
1
8
1999
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2000
0
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
6
2001
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
2002
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
Total†
0
9
0
5
5
3
4
2
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Table 26 (part 2). Notification rates by State or Territory and year (January 1997–December 2002)

Disease* Year Notification rate per 100,000 population
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total
Diphtheria
1997
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1998
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1999
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2000
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2001
–
–
0.5
–
–
–
–
–
0.0
2002
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total†
–
–
0.1
–
–
–
–
–
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b disease
(<15 yr only)
1997
–
0.8
6.0
1.6
0.7
1.9
0.7
0.8
1.0
1998
–
0.8
–
0.8
0.3
2.0
0.2
1.3
0.7
1999
1.5
0.6
4.0
0.8
0.7
–
0.3
0.8
0.6
2000
–
0.3
–
0.9
0.3
–
0.2
–
0.4
2001
–
0.4
5.9
0.4
0.7
–
0.2
0.2
0.4
2002
–
0.3
3.9
0.1
0.7
–
0.1
1.5
0.4
Total†
0.3
0.6
3.3
0.8
0.6
0.7
0.3
0.8
0.6
Hepatitis A
1997
16.8
22.7
50.8
27.0
6.2
0.6
7.4
6.5
16.4
1998
17.1
14.6
23.7
30.5
6.5
1.7
3.7
8.0
13.3
1999
2.6
6.3
46.2
10.3
8.1
1.1
5.7
15.9
8.2
2000
1.6
3.1
23.0
3.7
3.6
0.6
4.1
9.7
4.2
2001
4.4
3.0
18.7
3.2
1.3
0.6
2.0
1.9
2.7
2002
1.2
2.2
23.7
1.8
1.1
0.8
1.5
1.7
2.0
Total†
7.2
8.5
30.8
12.4
4.4
0.9
4.0
7.2
7.7
Hepatitis B (acute)
1997
0.6
0.8
10.7
1.2
1.1
0.2
2.6
1.1
1.5
1998
0.3
0.9
9.5
1.4
1.2
1.3
2.0
1.7
1.4
1999
1.0
1.0
10.4
1.5
1.3
1.1
2.0
2.4
1.6
2000
1.0
1.5
3.1
1.6
2.0
3.8
2.6
4.0
2.1
2001
0.6
1.4
1.5
1.3
1.5
4.5
4.3
2.1
2.2
2002
–
1.3
11.1
1.4
0.7
4.0
3.6
1.9
2.1
Total†
0.6
1.1
7.7
1.4
1.3
2.5
2.9
2.2
1.8
Influenza
2001
4.4
3.7
NA
NA
8.9
NA
NA
12.3
6.1§
2002
5.9
15.2
28.3
31.1
19.1
1.1
12.3
28.2
18.7
Total
5.1
9.5
37.1
21.0
14.1
0.5
8.0
20.3
14.4§
Measles
1997
14.2
4.3
4.3
7.9
1.9
8.7
2.0
4.6
4.5
1998
2.6
1.9
0.5
1.0
0.4
7.6
0.7
2.7
1.5
1999
1.6
0.5
11.4
0.9
0.3
2.3
2.3
1.1
1.3
2000
1.0
0.5
–
0.7
0.7
0.2
0.4
0.5
0.6
2001
–
0.5
–
0.3
0.1
0.4
1.7
0.7
0.7
2002
–
0.1
–
0.2
0.1
–
0.3
–
0.2
Total†
3.2
1.3
2.7
1.8
0.6
3.2
1.2
1.6
1.4
Meningococcal disease
1997
2.9
3.5
8.0
2.1
1.5
1.9
2.2
2.7
2.7
1998
0.6
2.9
7.4
3.1
1.7
3.0
1.3
3.9
2.6
1999
1.6
3.4
4.2
2.6
1.8
2.8
2.9
4.6
3.1
2000
1.6
3.9
4.6
1.7
2.1
3.2
3.4
4.6
3.2
2001
1.9
3.5
6.6
3.3
2.6
4.9
3.4
4.0
3.5
2002
1.9
3.2
4.5
3.2
2.0
5.5
4.3
3.5
3.5
Total†
1.7
3.4
5.9
2.7
2.0
3.5
2.9
3.9
3.1
Mumps
1997
2.3
0.5
5.4
0.5
1.8
0.6
1.4
2.0
1.0
1998
1.6
0.6
2.6
0.9
0.5
0.6
1.1
2.1
1.0
1999
2.6
0.5
1.6
NA
0.8
0.8
1.6
2.1
1.1§
2000
5.4
1.4
2.0
NA
1.0
0.4
0.9
2.1
1.4§
2001
0.3
0.4
0.5
NA
0.8
0.4
0.8
1.5
0.7§
2002
–
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.7
–
0.2
0.7
0.4
Total†
2.0
0.7
2.1
0.3
0.9
0.5
1.0
1.7
0.9§
Pertussis (<5 yr only) 
1997
34.3
67.7
12.8
56.0
110.6
25.3
34.5
67.1
58.5
1998
32.3
36.4
12.6
40.4
36.9
11.7
23.2
15.6
30.9
1999
26.6
22.1
1.0
27.5
15.2
134.7
21.3
5.2
23.3
2000
66.0
56.9
4.6
14.8
39.1
30.1
14.7
4.9
31.1
2001
26.9
64.5
72.3
41.5
133.0
21.8
17.7
11.9
47.2
2002
17.1
30.3
18.6
49.0
31.1
8.7
18.2
11.9
28.3
Total†
33.8
46.3
20.6
38.2
60.9
38.7
21.5
19.1
36.5
Total†
30.7
66.5
55.7
41.0
82.1
24.6
33.5
67.9
53.1
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
2001
5.6
6.6
47.0
11.2
NA
12.9
NA
10.8
9.3§
2002
10.3
13.0
32.8
11.5
11.8
13.3
9.3
10.9
11.7
Total
8.0
9.8
39.9
11.4
9.7
13.1
8.0
10.9
10.7§
Poliomyelitis
1997
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1998
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1999
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2000
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2001
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2002
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total†
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Rubella
1997
10.4
2.4
3.7
15.9
12.4
3.8
8.1
4.7
7.5
1998
7.1
1.2
2.6
10.8
1.1
3.0
3.9
3.6
4.0
1999
5.4
0.7
2.1
4.5
0.3
1.5
2.6
1.1
2.0
2000
1.3
3.0
–
1.3
0.5
0.2
1.4
0.3
1.7
2001
0.3
0.9
–
3.6
0.3
0.4
1.2
0.2
1.3
2002
0.9
0.5
0.5
5.0
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
1.3
Total†
4.2
1.4
1.5
6.7
2.4
1.5
2.9
1.6
2.9
Tetanus
1997
–
0.0
–
0.1
–
0.2
0.0
–
0.0
1998
–
0.0
–
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
1999
–
0.0
–
0.0
–
–
–
–
0.0
2000
–
0.0
–
–
0.2
–
0.0
–
0.0
2001
–
–
–
–
0.1
0.2
0.0
–
0.0
2002
–
–
–
0.0
–
–
–
0.1
0.0
Total†
–
0.0
–
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0

NN = not notifiable.

* Refer to Chapter 3 for case definitions.

† Total cases for 6-year period and average annual rate per 100,000 population.

‡ Disease not notifiable for complete year for some jurisdictions.

§ National rate only includes jurisdictions where disease was notifiable for complete year.

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