Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Notifiable diseases 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. This page contains the notification rates for the period 1 October to 31 December 2005.

Page last updated: 14 April 2005

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities for the period 1 October to 31 December 2004, by date of onset*

Disease State or territory              
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 4th quarter 2004† Total 3rd quarter 2004 Total 4th quarter 2003 Year to date 2004 Last 5 year
YTD
mean 		Last 5
year
mean
4th quarter 		Ratio‡
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
3
11
2
14
2
5
26
3
66
81
66
81.8
292
390.8
0.8
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
8
826
NN
226
73
12
371
110
1,626
1,773
1,613
2,092.6
6,762
8,509.0
0.8
Hepatitis C (incident)
2
13
NN
NN
11
10
3
32
71
115
116
127.6
348
513.4
0.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
41
1,551
80
704
124
60
734
278
3,572
3,715
3,884
4,872.6
15,033
20,430.2
0.7
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
6
10
6
5.0
28
27.8
1.2
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.5
1
0.4
0.0
Campylobacteriosis§
124
NN
47
1,140
559
204
1,905
512
4,491
3,719
4,058
3,916.6
15,513
14,253.4
1.1
Cryptosporidiosis||
0
79
22
192
29
3
99
19
443
241
203
278.8
1,639
1,622.6
1.6
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
3
0
1
2
0
0
0
6
6
6
6.0
18
16.8
1.0
Hepatitis A
0
28
3
10
2
0
15
2
60
71
111
185.4
314
872.8
0.3
Hepatitis E
0
2
0
3
0
0
2
1
8
5
4
2.7
31
14.8
3.0
Listeriosis
0
6
0
1
0
0
5
2
14
16
18
18.0
66
72.2
0.8
Salmonellosis (NEC)
14
539
89
707
156
38
267
153
1,963
1,179
1,660
1,720.4
7,906
7,553.8
1.1
Shigellosis
1
28
32
17
6
1
19
29
133
91
90
109.6
526
507.0
1.2
SLTEC, VTEC
0
1
0
1
12
0
0
0
14
11
11
13.0
48
49.8
1.1
Typhoid
0
14
0
1
0
0
1
0
16
15
13
14.4
74
76.6
1.1
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1.0
6
3.8
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
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
0.0
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
159
2,375
402
2,264
594
209
1,921
1,111
9,035
8,828
7,806
5,323.2
35,997
21,564.4
1.7
Donovanosis
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3.8
9
20.6
0.8
Gonococcal infection
14
296
366
300
100
9
272
383
1,740
1,691
1,660
1,545.0
7,194
6,622.6
1.1
Syphilis (unspecified)
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
5
90
339.4
141
1,586.8
0.0
Syphilis < two years duration
0
42
22
15
2
1
26
12
120
164
133
53.8
559
226.8
2.2
Syphilis - > two years duration
0
221
40
24
0
7
82
36
410
491
420
221.8
1,854
807.8
1.8
Syphilis - congenital
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3.5
9
12.4
0.6
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.2
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
4
6.2
15
32.6
0.3
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)||
0
385
15
160
32
0
64
100
756
1,100
246
139.2
2,129
1,754.2
5.4
Measles
0
4
1
0
1
0
3
6
15
15
17
30.6
68
136.6
0.5
Mumps
0
21
0
7
3
0
0
3
34
24
30
30.8
108
158.8
1.1
Pertussis
43
1,007
15
445
395
6
341
904
3,156
3,055
1,843
2,212.4
8,651
6,976.2
1.4
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)||
7
159
21
95
49
11
71
45
458
960
559
361.8
2,353
1,501.0
1.3
Poliomyletis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
1
0
4
1
0
1
3
10
9
2
95.8
43
296.4
0.1
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1.0
1
1.2
0.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2.3
5
3.8
0.4
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
85
4
139
2
0
6
20
257
194
163
155.6
1,094
1,015.6
1.7
Dengue
0
6
0
6
0
0
1
2
15
30
217
64.8
350
323.0
0.2
Flavivirus NEC
0
1
0
18
0
0
0
0
19
7
20
7.0
81
66.6
2.7
Japanese encephalitis||
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
2
0.2
0.0
Kunjin virus||
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
2.0
11
5.2
1.0
Malaria
5
26
24
62
7
6
16
9
155
137
139
159.0
564
774.8
1.0
Murray Valley encephalitis||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1
2.8
0.0
Ross River virus infection
0
66
18
75
19
0
6
44
228
155
701
438.4
4,205
3,730.4
0.5
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
2
0
14
0
0
1
0
17
11
4
9.0
41
32.4
1.9
Leptospirosis
0
10
1
6
2
0
4
2
25
29
26
51.6
178
241.2
0.5
Lyssavirus (NEC)||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
18
0
1
0
0
28
1
48
52
66
37.2
226
146.4
1.3
Q fever
1
52
0
18
24
0
3
3
101
120
131
166.6
444
693.2
0.6
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
17
0
16
12
0
20
14
79
62
99
85.6
337
357.2
0.9
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2.7
3
6.2
0.0
Meningococcal infection
1
32
3
36
0
2
11
11
96
121
159
176.6
436
726.8
0.5
Tuberculosis
3
126
5
43
10
1
109
25
322
251
311
334.0
1,069
1,180.8
1.0
Total
429
8,058
1,216
6,769
2,231
585
6,435
3,876
29,599
28,574
26,714
25,508
116,783
105,920
1.2

* Date of notification = the true onset date. If this is not available the 'date of onset' is equivalent to the earliest of two dates: (i) specimen date of collection, or (ii) the date of notification to the public health unit. Hepatitis B and C unspecified were analysed by the date of notifiaction.

† 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.

‡ Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to the mean of last 5 years for the same quarter.

§ Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.

|| Notifiable from January 2001 only. Ratio and mean calculations are based the last two years.

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

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

 

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 1 March 2005.

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