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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities for the period 1 January to 31 March 2005, by date of onset*
Disease |
ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Total 1st quarter 2005† | Total 4th quarter 2004 | Total 1st quarter 2004 | Last 5 years mean 1st quarter | Year to date 2005 | Last 5 years YTD mean | Ratio‡ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloodborne diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Hepatitis B (incident) | 2 |
17 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
25 |
9 |
70 |
63 |
71 |
75.0 |
70 |
75.0 |
0.9 |
Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 17 |
860 |
26 |
239 |
54 |
12 |
421 |
120 |
1,750 |
1,681 |
1,520 |
1,474.0 |
1,750 |
1,474.0 |
1.2 |
Hepatitis C (incident) | 1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
23 |
40 |
87 |
91 |
113.6 |
40 |
113.6 |
0.4 |
Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 40 |
1,467 |
71 |
710 |
89 |
57 |
717 |
266 |
3,422 |
3,605 |
3,575 |
3,833.8 |
3,422 |
3,833.8 |
0.9 |
Hepatitis D | 0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5.2 |
4 |
5.2 |
0.8 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Botulism | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.3 |
1 |
0.3 |
4.0 |
Campylobacterosis§ | 118 |
NN |
58 |
1,026 |
440 |
195 |
1,664 |
610 |
4,110 |
4,516 |
4,300 |
3,146.6 |
4,110 |
3,146.6 |
1.3 |
Cryptosporidiosis|| | 4 |
134 |
39 |
719 |
58 |
1 |
140 |
60 |
1,155 |
449 |
528 |
794.5 |
1,155 |
794.5 |
1.5 |
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
2.6 |
4 |
2.6 |
1.5 |
Hepatitis A | 3 |
21 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
17 |
81 |
61 |
108 |
139.0 |
81 |
139.0 |
0.6 |
Hepatitis E | 0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
15 |
6 |
11 |
5.4 |
15 |
5.4 |
2.8 |
Listeriosis | 0 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
14 |
16 |
16.6 |
13 |
16.6 |
0.8 |
Salmonellosis (NEC) | 31 |
684 |
117 |
877 |
151 |
41 |
594 |
208 |
2,703 |
1,964 |
2,763 |
2,211.0 |
2,703 |
2,211.0 |
1.2 |
Shigellosis | 3 |
40 |
57 |
27 |
11 |
1 |
33 |
51 |
223 |
144 |
153 |
131.4 |
223 |
131.4 |
1.7 |
SlTEC, VTEC¶ | 0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
14.0 |
13 |
14.0 |
0.9 |
Typhoid | 0 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
24 |
16 |
30 |
25.6 |
24 |
25.6 |
0.9 |
Quarantinable diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Cholera | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
2 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
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 (NEC) | 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 (NEC) | 172 |
2,801 |
362 |
2,340 |
556 |
211 |
2,148 |
1,256 |
9,859 |
9,120 |
9,222 |
5,169.0 |
9,859 |
5,169.0 |
1.9 |
Donovanosis | 0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
4.8 |
5 |
4.8 |
1.0 |
Gonococcal infection | 7 |
349 |
417 |
377 |
67 |
9 |
261 |
468 |
1,955 |
1,757 |
1,822 |
1,437.4 |
1,955 |
1,437.4 |
1.4 |
Syphilis (unspecified) | 4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
71 |
261.2 |
6 |
261.2 |
0.0 |
Syphilis < 2 years | 2 |
39 |
22 |
21 |
4 |
1 |
19 |
4 |
112 |
153 |
145 |
77.7 |
112 |
77.7 |
1.4 |
Syphilis > 2 years | 0 |
215 |
23 |
45 |
0 |
5 |
91 |
26 |
405 |
435 |
533 |
278.0 |
405 |
278.0 |
1.5 |
Syphilis - congenital | 0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2.0 |
3 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Diphtheria | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
Haemophilus influenzae type b | 0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
4.0 |
7 |
4.0 |
1.8 |
Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | 3 |
276 |
1 |
29 |
12 |
3 |
29 |
25 |
378 |
764 |
110 |
79.0 |
378 |
79.0 |
4.8 |
Measles | 0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
25 |
16 |
26.0 |
7 |
26.0 |
0.3 |
Mumps | 0 |
32 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
49 |
38 |
24 |
26.2 |
49 |
26.2 |
1.9 |
Pertussis | 45 |
771 |
31 |
325 |
272 |
7 |
291 |
192 |
1,934 |
3,385 |
1,122 |
1,099.6 |
1,934 |
1,099.6 |
1.8 |
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)|| | 10 |
74 |
10 |
41 |
17 |
8 |
54 |
26 |
240 |
461 |
326 |
232.0 |
240 |
232.0 |
1.0 |
Poliomyelitis|| | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Rubella | 0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
8 |
35.8 |
7 |
35.8 |
0.2 |
Rubella - congenital | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
Tetanus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
Vectorborne diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Barmah forest virus infection | 0 |
108 |
13 |
178 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
16 |
327 |
274 |
318 |
249.2 |
327 |
249.2 |
1.3 |
Dengue | 1 |
10 |
9 |
65 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
94 |
19 |
236 |
117.6 |
94 |
117.6 |
0.8 |
Flavivirus infection NEC|| | 0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
43 |
25.0 |
11 |
25.0 |
0.4 |
Japanese encephalitis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.2 |
1 |
0.2 |
5.0 |
Kunjin virus|| | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
3.3 |
1 |
3.3 |
0.3 |
Malaria | 5 |
117 |
15 |
139 |
22 |
10 |
27 |
23 |
358 |
149 |
124 |
167.8 |
358 |
167.8 |
2.1 |
Murray Valley encephalitis|| | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
2 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
Ross River virus infection | 3 |
115 |
107 |
542 |
12 |
0 |
11 |
42 |
832 |
237 |
2,443 |
1,395.4 |
832 |
1,395.4 |
0.6 |
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 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
17 |
6 |
6.6 |
14 |
6.6 |
2.1 |
Leptospirosis | 0 |
14 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
37 |
26 |
69 |
60.0 |
37 |
60.0 |
0.6 |
Lyssavirus unspecified || | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Ornithosis | 0 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
31 |
54 |
73 |
33.6 |
31 |
33.6 |
0.9 |
Q fever | 0 |
24 |
0 |
37 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
68 |
124 |
117 |
147.0 |
68 |
147.0 |
0.5 |
Other bacterial diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Legionellosis | 0 |
27 |
1 |
12 |
17 |
2 |
23 |
11 |
93 |
80 |
93 |
65.8 |
93 |
65.8 |
1.4 |
Leprosy | 0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1.6 |
4 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
Meningococcal infection | 2 |
33 |
2 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
75 |
83 |
97 |
95.2 |
75 |
95.2 |
0.8 |
Tuberculosis | 0 |
68 |
5 |
25 |
10 |
2 |
81 |
16 |
207 |
330 |
244 |
212.4 |
207 |
212.4 |
1.0 |
Total | 473 |
8,366 |
1,398 |
7,881 |
1,836 |
585 |
6,716 |
3,497 |
30,752 |
30,201 |
30,473 |
23,306.0 |
30,752 |
23,306.0 |
1.3 |
* 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 2, June 2005.
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