Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System 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 notifications for the period 1 January to 31 March 2006.

Page last updated: 30 June 2006

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities for the period 1 January to 31 March 2006, by date of diagnosis*

  State or territory              
Disease ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 1st quarter 2006† Total 4th quarter 2005 Total 1st quarter 2005 Last 5 years mean 1st quarter Year to date 2006 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio‡
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
1
13
3
14
0
2
18
11
62
53
75
88.0
62
87.6
0.7
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
22
657
36
243
73
8
401
96
1,536
1,660
1,798
1,652.0
1,536
1,652.4
0.9
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
12
0
0
15
2
28
27
84
79
88
132.0
84
132.2
0.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
51
1,634
73
803
112
82
697
273
3,725
3,573
3,473
3,986.0
3,725
3,986.4
0.9
Hepatitis D
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
5
6
4
5.0
5
4.8
1.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1.0
0
0.5
0.0
Campylobacterosis§
110
NN
54
907
429
135
1,302
573
3,510
4,979
4,177
4,068.0
3,510
4,067.6
0.9
Cryptosporidiosis||
39
397
26
333
78
11
498
72
1,454
785
1,257
990.0
1,454
989.8
1.5
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
8
4
3.0
5
3.2
1.6
Hepatitis A
2
35
13
17
3
1
15
7
93
68
82
112.0
93
112.2
0.8
Hepatitis E
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
2
17
8.0
5
7.6
0.7
Listeriosis
0
9
0
0
2
0
5
8
24
18
13
17.0
24
17.2
1.4
Salmonellosis (NEC)
36
719
93
1,167
195
81
464
270
3,025
2,461
2,720
2,702.0
3,025
2,701.8
1.1
Shigellosis
1
25
28
40
11
1
21
52
179
171
228
173.0
179
173.4
1.0
SLTEC, VTEC
0
3
0
2
10
0
0
0
15
24
15
16.0
15
16.2
0.9
Typhoid
3
7
1
1
1
0
6
3
22
9
23
28.0
22
28.0
0.8
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1.0
0
1.0
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
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**
209
3,029
462
2,462
731
255
1,884
1,460
10,492
9,858
10,342
7,650.0
10,492
7,650.2
1.4
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
6.0
0
5.6
0.0
Gonococcal infection
8
474
378
426
117
5
386
421
2,215
1,952
2,052
1,778.0
2,215
1,778.2
1.2
Syphilis (all)
4
251
55
72
12
6
92
45
528
490
538
300.0
537
300.0
1.8
   Syphilis < 2 years‡
0
27
35
25
3
2
22
5
119
125
155
132.0
119
132.0
0.9
   Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration‡
4
224
20
47
0
4
70
40
409
364
383
347.0
409
347.0
1.2
   Syphilis - congenital
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
5
3.0
3
3.2
0.9
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
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
7
5.0
3
5.2
0.6
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)||
4
32
8
86
3
7
10
25
175
417
384
153.0
175
153.2
1.1
Measles
0
5
0
0
1
0
4
1
11
2
5
23.0
11
23.4
0.5
Mumps
0
19
2
6
1
0
7
5
40
37
51
30.0
40
29.8
1.3
Pertussis
76
1,059
26
467
325
8
235
52
2,248
2,819
2,260
1,508.0
2,248
1,508.4
1.5
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)||
3
60
9
36
12
5
43
15
183
333
268
287.0
183
287.2
0.6
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
4
0
2
2
0
0
0
8
3
6
32.0
8
32.2
0.2
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.4
0.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2.0
0
1.8
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
6
220
49
265
86
0
9
68
703
296
364
324.0
703
323.6
2.2
Dengue
3
14
11
21
3
0
1
6
59
48
95
155.0
59
155.4
0.4
Flavivirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
10
0
0
9
0
19
4
9
22.0
19
22.0
0.9
Japanese encephalitis||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.2
0.0
Kunjin virus||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
5.0
0
5.0
0.0
Malaria
5
31
11
91
8
4
27
33
210
140
349
211.0
210
211.4
1.0
Murray Valley encephalitis||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2.0
1
2.0
0.5
Ross River virus infection
5
680
171
1,583
193
6
164
426
3,228
762
928
1,270.0
3,228
1,269.8
2.5
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
1
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
18
0
0
0
0
19
18
12
8.0
19
8.4
2.3
Leptospirosis
0
6
2
38
0
0
0
0
46
26
40
63.0
46
63.0
0.7
Lyssavirus (NEC)||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
23
0
1
0
0
8
1
33
28
38
41.0
33
40.6
0.8
Q fever
0
36
0
36
4
0
9
3
88
79
82
160.0
88
159.6
0.6
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
2
29
0
9
7
1
29
21
98
82
88
77.0
98
77.2
1.3
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
3.0
0
3.4
0.0
Meningococcal infection††
0
27
2
16
3
2
19
5
74
105
74
103.0
74
103.2
0.7
Tuberculosis
0
62
5
38
16
1
90
30
242
182
231
232.0
242
232.4
1.0
Total
595
9,836
1,576
9,285
2,457
629
6,575
4,055
34,999
32,081
32,756
28,914.0
35,008
28,917.1
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 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. Ratios for Syphilis < 2 years; syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration based on 2 years data

§ 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 five 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 2, June 2006.

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