Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2003: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Tables 2 and 3

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2003 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2003. The full report is available in 20 HTML documents. This document contains Tables 2 and 3. The full report is also available in PDF format from the Table of contents page.

Page last updated: 14 April 2005

Megge Miller, Paul Roche, Keflemariam Yohannes, Jenean Spencer, Mark Bartlett, Julia Brotherton, Jenny Hutchinson, Martyn Kirk, Ann McDonald, Claire Vadjic

Results - Summary of 2003 data, Tables 2 and 3

There were 104,956 communicable disease notifications received by NNDSS in 2003 (Table 2). Notification rates per 100,000 population for each disease by state or territory are shown in Table 3. Trends in notifications and rates per 100,000 population for the period 1999 to 2003 are shown in Table 4.

Table 2. Notifications of communicable diseases, Australia, 2003, by state or territory*

Disease State or territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
70
15
40
10
10
147
45
337
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†,‡
57
2,632
NN
805
221
70
1,629
419
5,833
Hepatitis C (incident)
12
114
NN
NN
74
13
105
142
460
Hepatitis C (unspecified) †,‡,§
241
5,172
208
2,761
574
342
3,705
1,166
14,169
Hepatitis D
0
12
0
1
0
0
13
0
26
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Campylobacteriosis||
406
NN
268
3,857
2,644
624
5,596
1,977
15,372
Cryptosporidiosis
9
202
94
162
80
26
209
437
1,219
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
5
1
1
3
0
4
1
15
Hepatitis A
5
124
40
48
13
14
89
85
418
Hepatitis E
2
6
0
0
0
0
2
0
10
Listeriosis
1
28
0
9
1
2
22
6
69
Salmonellosis (NEC)
80
1,858
360
2,201
445
151
1,302
614
7,011
Shigellosis
3
59
131
52
32
4
49
110
440
SLTEC, VTEC
0
0
0
6
37
0
3
3
49
Typhoid
0
16
0
4
2
1
18
10
51
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
523
7,556
1,602
7,661
1,990
609
6,457
3,763
30,161
Donovanosis
0
0
6
9
0
0
0
1
16
Gonococcal infection
30
1,194
1,399
1,042
297
23
1,172
1,454
6,611
Syphilis
12
826
316
375
21
14
356
136
2,056
Syphilis – congenital
0
1
8
1
0
0
0
0
10
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
6
2
5
2
2
1
1
19
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
7
861
151
975
311
7
659
616
3,587
Measles
0
18
1
11
24
0
38
0
92
Mumps
2
35
0
10
12
4
13
76
Pertussis
357
2,768
5
716
233
132
639
256
5,106
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
40
784
72
466
176
43
443
150
2,174
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella
0
24
0
23
1
1
1
3
53
Rubella – congenital
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
Tetanus
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
Vectorborne disease
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
451
14
872
2
0
8
22
1,370
Dengue
7
69
20
727
9
1
18
17
868
Flavivirus (NEC)
0
10
0
68
0
0
3
0
81
Japanese encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kunjin virus
0
0
0
19
0
0
0
0
19
Malaria
18
120
40
253
28
27
59
56
601
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ross River virus infection
1
492
120
2,517
33
4
13
661
3,841
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brucellosis
0
1
0
13
0
0
3
0
17
Leptospirosis
0
37
4
67
2
0
9
6
125
Ornithosis
0
87
2
2
1
0
115
4
211
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Q fever
1
278
1
224
13
1
13
19
550
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
60
3
39
65
2
93
65
328
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
4
Meningococcal infection
13
199
11
104
32
20
125
46
550
Tuberculosis
18
378
29
96
42
4
309
68
944
Total
1,847
26,555
4,923
26,246
7,431
2,147
23,434
12,373
104,956

* Analyses in this report were based on date of onset, (except for hepatitis B and hepatitis C unspecified, where date of report of disease was used). Where date of onset was not available the date of specimen collection or the date of notification, whichever was earliest was used.

† Unspecified hepatitis includes cases with hepatitis in which the duration of infection can not be determined.

‡ The analysis was by report date.

§ In the Northern Territory and Queensland, includes incident hepatitis cases.

|| Notified as ‘foodborne disease’ or ‘gastroenteritis in an institution’ in New South Wales.

¶ Infections with Shiga-like toxin/verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

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Table 3. Notification rates of communicable diseases, Australia, 2003, by state and territory (per 100,000 population)*

Disease State or territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0.0
1.0
7.6
1.1
0.7
2.1
3.0
2.3
1.7
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†,‡
17.7
39.4
NN
21.2
14.5
14.7
33.1
21.5
29.3
Hepatitis C (incident)
3.7
1.7
NN
NN
4.8
2.7
2.1
7.3
2.3
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†,‡,§
74.6
77.3
104.9
72.7
37.6
71.7
75.3
59.7
71.3
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis||
125.8
NN
135.1
101.6
173.1
130.8
113.8
101.3
116.5
Cryptosporidiosis
2.8
3.0
47.4
4.3
5.2
5.4
4.3
22.4
6.1
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.1
0.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
Hepatitis A
1.5
1.9
20.2
1.3
0.9
2.9
1.8
4.4
2.1
Hepatitis E
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Listeriosis
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
Salmonellosis (NEC)
24.8
27.8
181.5
58.0
29.1
31.6
26.5
31.5
35.3
Shigellosis
0.9
0.9
66.0
1.4
2.1
0.8
1.0
5.6
2.2
SLTEC, VTEC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
2.4
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.2
Typhoid
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.5
0.3
Quarantinable diseases
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
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
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 infections
Chlamydial infection
162.0
113.0
807.7
201.8
130.3
127.6
131.3
192.7
151.7
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
Gonococcal infection
9.3
17.9
705.3
27.4
19.4
4.8
23.8
74.5
33.3
Syphilis
3.7
12.4
159.2
9.9
1.4
2.9
7.2
7.0
10.3
Syphilis – congenital
0.0
0.01
4.0
0.03
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.05
Vaccine preventable diseases
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
1.0
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
2.2
12.9
76.1
25.7
20.4
1.5
13.4
31.6
18.0
Measles
0.0
0.3
0.5
0.3
1.6
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.5
Mumps
0.6
0.5
0.0
0.3
0.8
0.0
0.1
0.7
0.4
Pertussis
110.6
41.4
2.5
18.9
15.3
27.7
13.0
13.1
25.7
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
12.4
11.7
36.3
12.3
11.5
9.0
9.0
7.7
10.9
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.7
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.3
Rubella – congenital
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.05
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.01
Tetanus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.3
6.7
7.1
23.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
1.1
6.9
Dengue
2.2
1.0
10.1
19.1
0.6
0.2
0.4
0.9
4.4
Flavivirus (NEC)
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.8
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.4
Japanese encephalitis virus
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
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Malaria
5.6
1.8
20.2
6.7
1.8
5.7
1.2
2.9
3.0
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ross River virus infection
0.3
7.4
60.5
66.3
2.2
0.8
0.3
33.9
19.3
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
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.6
2.0
1.8
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.6
Ornithosis
0.0
1.3
1.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
2.3
0.2
1.1
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Q fever
0.3
4.2
0.5
5.9
0.9
0.2
0.3
1.0
2.8
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0.3
0.9
1.5
1.0
4.3
0.4
1.9
3.3
1.6
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Meningococcal infection
4.0
3.0
5.5
2.7
2.1
4.2
2.5
2.4
2.8
Tuberculosis
5.6
5.7
14.6
2.5
2.7
0.8
6.3
3.5
4.7

* Analyses in this report were based on date of onset, (except for hepatitis B and hepatitis C unspecified, where date of report of disease was used). Where date of onset was not available the date of specimen collection or the date of notification, whichever was earliest was used.

† Unspecified hepatitis includes cases with hepatitis in which the duration of infection can not be determined.

‡ The analysis was by report date.

§ In the Northern Territory and Queensland, includes incident hepatitis cases.

|| Notified as ‘foodborne disease’ or ‘gastroenteritis in an institution’ in New South Wales.

¶ Infections with Shiga-like toxin/verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).

NN Not notifiable

NEC Not elsewhere classified

 

This article {extract} was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 1 March 2005 and may be downloaded as a full version PDF from the Table of contents page.

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