Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2004: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Results: Tables 2 and 3

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2004 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2004. The full report is available in 20 HTML documents. This document contains the Tables 2 and 3 in the Results section. The full report is also available in PDF format from the Table of contents page.

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Results

Summary of 2004 data

There were 110,929 communicable disease notifications received by NNDSS in 2004 (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 2000 to 2004 are shown in Table 4.

Table 2. Notifications of communicable diseases, Australia, 2004, by state or territory

Disease
State or territory  
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Aust
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
9
53
8
44
8
18
106
29
275
Hepatitis B (unspecified)*
47
2,851
2
761
260
59
1,482
399
5,861
Hepatitis C (incident)
7
60
NN
NN
60
24
89
121
361
Hepatitis C (unspecified)*,†
209
4,906
271
2,480
555
287
2,898
1,061
12,667
Hepatitis D
0
14
0
10
0
0
3
0
27
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Campylobacteriosis‡
371
NN
219
3,715
1,844
609
6,317
1,933
15,008
Cryptosporidiosis
6
327
113
602
74
18
309
124
1,573
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
9
1
1
2
0
1
1
15
Hepatitis A
1
139
13
22
11
1
71
57
315
Hepatitis E
0
8
0
4
0
1
12
3
28
Listeriosis
1
30
1
7
2
1
14
9
65
Salmonellosis (NEC)
97
2,153
393
2,580
496
119
1,134
635
7,607
Shigellosis
2
96
119
61
54
3
70
113
518
SLTEC, VTEC‡,§
0
3
0
9
28
0
4
0
44
Typhoid
1
39
0
9
1
0
18
5
73
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
5
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
Smallpox
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tularaemia
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 infections (NEC)||
619
10,020
1,640
8,121
2,241
620
7,609
4,319
35,189
Donovanosis
0
0
6
3
0
0
0
1
10
Gonococcal infection
35
1,446
1,588
1,096
357
28
1,129
1,419
7,098
Syphilis (all categories)
12
1,039
284
290
23
14
427
207
2,296
Syphilis < 2 years duration
4
294
57
92
8
2
89
50
596
Syphilis > 2 years or unknown duration
7
744
104
198
1
12
338
157
1,561
Syphilis – congenital
0
0
6
4
0
0
1
0
11
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
5
3
3
2
1
1
0
15
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
1
1,012
41
561
69
3
203
183
2,073
Measles
0
12
3
0
6
0
15
9
45
Mumps
3
67
0
16
4
0
2
10
102
Pertussis
122
3,549
29
942
928
37
853
2,097
8,557
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
55
908
93
477
198
56
389
199
2,375
Rubella
0
17
0
10
2
0
1
3
33
Rubella – congenital
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Tetanus
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
5
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
2
402
22
535
6
0
16
69
1,052
Dengue
6
31
19
249
4
1
9
7
326
Flavivirus (NEC)**
0
1
0
45
0
0
3
0
49
Japanese encephalitis virus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Kunjin virus††
NN
0
0
11
0
0
1
0
12
Malaria
16
101
41
263
20
15
67
36
559
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Ross River virus infection
6
700
235
1,795
53
20
92
1,099
4,000
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
7
0
26
0
0
3
0
36
Leptospirosis
0
40
2
110
1
0
8
5
166
Ornithosis‡‡
0
81
0
3
5
0
146
0
235
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Q fever
2
223
3
137
38
0
28
9
440
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
82
2
31
45
1
98
50
310
Leprosy
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
5
Meningococcal infection§§
11
153
12
81
13
18
79
41
408
Tuberculosis
14
431
28
129
60
11
322
81
1,076
Total
1,656
31,021
5,199
25,249
7,472
1,965
24,032
14,335
110,929

* Unspecified hepatitis include cases in whom the duration of infection could not be determined.

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

‡ Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.

§ Infection with Shiga-like toxin/verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).

|| Includes Chlamydia trachomatis identified from cervical, rectal, urine, urethral, throat and eye samples, except for South Australia which reports only genital tract specimens, the Northern Territory which excludes ocular specimens, and Western Australia which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.

¶ Laboratory confirmed influenza is not a notifiable disease in South Australia but reports are forwarded to NNDSS.

** Flavivirus (NEC) replaces Arbovirus (NEC) from 1 January 2004.

†† In the Australian Capital Territory, Murray Valley encephalitis virus and Kunjin virus are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis virus.

‡‡ In the Australian Capital Territory ornithosis is reported as Chlamydia not elsewhere classified.

§§ Only invasive meningococcal disease is nationally notifiable. However, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia also report conjunctival cases.

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

Table 3. Notification rates of communicable diseases, Australia, 2004, by state and territory (per 100,000 population)

Disease
State or territory  
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Aust
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
2.8
0.8
4.0
1.1
0.5
3.7
2.1
1.5
1.4
Hepatitis B (unspecified)*
14.5
42.4
1.0
19.6
16.9
12.2
29.8
20.1
29.1
Hepatitis C (incident)
2.2
0.9
NN
NN
3.9
5.0
1.8
6.1
2.3
Hepatitis C (unspecified)*,†
64.5
72.9
135.6
63.9
36.2
59.5
58.3
53.5
63.0
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis‡
114.5
NN
109.5
95.7
120.2
126.3
127.0
97.5
112.2
Cryptosporidiosis
1.9
4.9
56.5
15.5
4.8
3.7
6.2
6.3
7.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.1
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
Hepatitis A
0.3
2.1
6.5
0.6
0.7
0.2
1.4
2.9
1.6
Hepatitis E
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
Listeriosis
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.3
Salmonellosis (NEC)
29.9
32.0
196.6
66.5
32.3
24.7
22.8
32.0
37.8
Shigellosis
0.6
1.4
59.5
1.6
3.5
0.6
1.4
5.7
2.6
SLTEC, VTEC§
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
1.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
Typhoid
0.3
0.6
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.3
0.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
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
Smallpox
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tularaemia
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 infections (NEC)||
191.0
148.9
820.4
209.2
146.1
128.6
153.0
217.9
175.0
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
Gonococcal infection
10.8
21.5
794.3
28.2
23.3
5.8
22.7
71.6
35.3
Syphilis (all categories)
3.7
15.4
142.1
7.5
1.5
2.9
8.6
10.4
11.4
Syphilis < 2 years duration
1.2
4.4
28.5
2.4
0.5
0.4
1.8
2.5
3.0
Syphilis > 2 years or unknown duration
2.2
11.1
52.0
5.1
0.1
2.5
6.8
7.9
7.8
Syphilis – congenital
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
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
1.5
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
0.3
15.0
20.5
14.5
4.5
0.6
4.1
9.2
10.3
Measles
0.0
0.2
1.5
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.3
0.5
0.2
Mumps
0.9
1.0
0.0
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
Pertussis
37.7
52.7
14.5
24.3
60.5
7.7
17.2
105.8
42.5
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
17.0
13.4
46.5
12.3
12.9
11.6
7.8
10.0
11.5
Rubella
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
Rubella – congenital
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tetanus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.6
6.0
11.0
13.8
0.4
0.0
0.3
3.5
5.2
Dengue
1.9
0.5
9.5
6.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.4
1.6
Flavivirus (NEC)**
0.0
0.3
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.3
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
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Malaria
4.9
1.5
20.5
6.8
1.3
3.1
1.3
1.8
2.8
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ross River virus infection
1.9
10.4
117.6
46.2
3.5
4.1
1.9
55.4
19.9
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
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.6
1.0
2.8
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.8
Ornithosis‡‡
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.0
2.9
0.0
1.2
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Q fever
0.6
3.3
1.5
3.5
2.5
0.0
0.6
0.5
2.2
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0.3
1.2
1.0
0.8
2.9
0.2
2.0
2.5
1.5
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Meningococcal infection§§
3.4
2.3
6.0
2.1
0.8
3.7
1.6
2.1
2.0
Tuberculosis
4.3
6.4
14.0
3.3
3.9
2.3
6.5
4.1
5.4
Total                  

* Unspecified hepatitis include cases in whom the duration of infection could not be determined.

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

‡ Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.

§ Infection with Shiga-like toxin/verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).

|| Includes Chlamydia trachomatis identified from cervical, rectal, urine, urethral, throat and eye samples, except for South Australia which reports only genital tract specimens, the Northern Territory which excludes ocular specimens, and Western Australia which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.

¶ Laboratory confirmed influenza is not a notifiable disease in South Australia but reports are forwarded to NNDSS.

** Flavivirus (NEC) replaces Arbovirus (NEC) from 1 January 2004.

†† In the Australian Capital Territory, Murray Valley encephalitis virus and Kunjin virus are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis virus.

‡‡ In the Australian Capital Territory ornithosis is reported as Chlamydia not elsewhere classified.

§§ Only invasive meningococcal disease is nationally notifiable. However, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia also report conjunctival cases.

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.


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