Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System collates data from Australian states and territories. These data have been published on the Department of Health and Ageing's website and quarterly data are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. This page contains a table on notifiable diseases reported from each state or territory for the reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2005.

Page last updated: 30 March 2006

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities for the period 1 October to 31 December 2005, by date of diagnosis*

Disease
State or territory Total 4th quarter 2005† Total 3rd quarter 2005 Total 4th quarter 2004 Last 5 years mean 4th quarter Year to date 2005 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio‡
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0.2
1
0.8
1.3
Hepatitis B (incident)
1
12
0
10
1
0
13
5
42
58
61
77.8
238
368.6
0.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
29
655
58
236
54
13
332
78
1,455
1,923
1,472
1,641.0
6,979
6,769.2
1.0
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
9
0
NN
9
0
12
21
51
86
107
123.0
318
522.0
0.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
43
1,395
51
737
109
33
511
242
3,121
3,859
3,023
3,752.6
14,123
16,078.4
0.9
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
2
6
16
5
3.8
30
24.6
1.2
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
3
0.5
0.0
Campylobacterosis
107
NN
64
1,253
801
217
1,382
734
4,558
3,792
4,559
4,328.8
16,044
15,104.4
1.1
Cryptosporidiosis
7
270
16
247
35
13
113
26
727
334
476
359.0
3,137
1,950.3
1.6
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
6
5.0
12
12.6
1.0
Hepatitis A
2
19
9
9
3
0
9
2
53
85
61
109.6
305
499.4
0.6
Hepatitis E
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
6
3.0
30
16.0
1.9
Listeriosis
1
6
0
4
4
0
3
0
18
9
14
16.0
54
66.0
0.8
Salmonellosis (NEC)
15
527
79
689
149
171
384
231
2,245
1,322
1,955
1,743.0
8,229
7,157.2
1.1
Shigellosis
1
21
40
20
21
0
19
34
156
156
136
117.0
721
505.4
1.4
SLTEC, VTEC
0
7
0
1
12
1
0
0
21
17
14
11.8
84
49.0
1.7
Typhoid
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
1
7
11
16
14.0
50
65.8
0.8
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
3
3.4
0.8
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 infection
160
2,450
312
1,920
586
198
1,769
1,237
8,632
10,117
9,139
6,458.0
39,978
25,596.6
1.6
Donovanosis
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
4.2
13
19.2
0.7
Gonococcal infection
10
337
282
369
56
9
308
355
1,726
1,919
1,759
1,526.0
7,742
6,491.2
1.2
Syphilis all
2
177
24
75
2
3
109
33
425
565
560
499.2
2,108
1,610.8
1.3
Syphilis < 2 years duration
0
19
6
29
0
0
32
6
92
150
164
NA
551
123.2
NA
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration
2
157
17
46
2
3
76
27
330
411
392
NA
1,541
315.2
NA
Syphilis - congenital
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
4
4
3.6
16
14.0
1.1
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
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
5
5
2
3.4
18
22.6
0.8
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
4
152
2
201
2
3
14
33
411
2,960
763
345.0
4,550
2,642.0
1.7
Measles
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
17
19.6
10
84.2
0.1
Mumps
1
19
1
3
3
0
5
2
34
76
36
24.8
234
115.0
2.0
Pertussis
131
1,207
13
518
318
5
302
65
2,559
3,596
3,355
2,345.0
10,954
6,945.0
1.6
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
7
122
15
56
32
7
49
25
313
633
465
497.3
1,670
2,195.3
0.8
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
7
10
60.8
29
185.4
0.2
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.2
1
1.0
1.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
1.4
2
4.8
0.4
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah forest virus infection
0
91
8
119
9
1
2
34
264
226
274
183.2
1,288
1,025.8
1.3
Dengue
0
19
0
11
3
0
0
5
38
33
19
58.2
208
340.8
0.6
Flavivirus infection NEC
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
8
5
10.0
29
69.6
0.4
Japanese encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.4
0.0
Kunjin virus
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0.8
2
9.0
0.2
Malaria
4
24
5
46
8
1
18
23
129
162
149
145.6
807
660.0
1.2
Murray Valley encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2
2.3
0.0
Ross River virus infection
1
148
29
143
59
1
36
161
578
283
239
354.8
2,334
3,392.2
0.7
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
1
0
17
0
0
0
0
18
8
16
9.0
41
29.4
1.4
Leptospirosis
0
8
0
6
6
0
4
1
25
25
25
38.6
125
194.6
0.6
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
16
0
0
0
0
8
1
25
40
53
42.4
156
174.0
0.9
Q fever
0
27
1
26
1
0
4
3
62
73
117
147.0
331
609.2
0.5
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
18
0
11
21
0
14
23
87
91
75
87.2
339
347.8
1.0
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1.0
7
6.2
1.1
Meningococcal infection
1
29
3
14
9
4
28
12
100
141
81
141.6
391
593.4
0.7
Tuberculosis
0
69
7
36
9
2
102
9
234
183
306
285.6
893
1,006.2
0.9
Total
529
8,021
1,044
6,865
2,324
687
5,665
3,433
28,568
32,889
29,386
25,619.5
126,731
104,021
1.1

* 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 notification.

† 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 four years.

¶ Infections 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, Northern Territory which excludes ocular specimens, and Western Australia which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.

†† 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.

This report was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 30 No 1, March 2006.



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