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Table 3. Notification rates of diseases by state and territory, 1 July to 30 September 2006 by date of diagnosis. (Annualised rate per 100,000 population)
Disease |
State or territory | Australia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | ||
Bloodborne diseases |
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| Hepatitis B (incident) | 6.1 |
0.4 |
3.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 17.1 |
48.1 |
104.9 |
28.1 |
19.3 |
11.5 |
30.0 |
40.1 |
35.9 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 2.4 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
4.5 |
1.6 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 50.0 |
93.9 |
106.8 |
77.9 |
27.6 |
35.2 |
54.6 |
62.1 |
70.9 |
| Hepatitis D | 0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
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| Botulism | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacterosis† | 106.1 |
NN |
136.0 |
97.8 |
180.6 |
106.4 |
117.5 |
79.5 |
75.4 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 2.4 |
2.5 |
3.9 |
7.2 |
3.3 |
2.5 |
9.0 |
9.8 |
5.8 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Hepatitis A | 0.0 |
1.3 |
3.9 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
| Hepatitis E | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Listeriosis | 0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Salmonellosis (NEC) | 30.5 |
17.9 |
132.1 |
36.2 |
23.7 |
13.1 |
18.0 |
27.6 |
24.1 |
| Shigellosis | 0.0 |
0.6 |
36.9 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
5.9 |
1.9 |
| SLTEC, VTEC‡ | 0.0 |
0.0 |
3.9 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Typhoid | 0.0 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Quarantinable diseases |
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| Cholera | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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 | 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 | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Chlamydial infection§ | 242.6 |
165.5 |
876.1 |
292.1 |
184.5 |
197.3 |
193.3 |
296.5 |
220.8 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Gonococcal infection | 8.5 |
21.7 |
767.3 |
37.7 |
22.2 |
2.5 |
20.8 |
75.2 |
36.7 |
| Syphilis - all | 4.9 |
12.0 |
93.2 |
9.2 |
2.6 |
4.9 |
12.7 |
5.7 |
10.8 |
| Syphilis < 2 years duration | 1.2 |
1.2 |
60.2 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
5.1 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
| Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration | 3.7 |
10.8 |
33.0 |
6.0 |
2.6 |
4.9 |
7.6 |
3.5 |
7.7 |
| Syphilis - congenital | 0.0 |
0.0 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
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| 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 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
| Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | 23.2 |
25.4 |
31.1 |
119.1 |
17.0 |
27.0 |
20.6 |
25.3 |
42.0 |
| Measles | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Mumps | 1.2 |
3.8 |
5.8 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
| Pertussis | 96.3 |
127.3 |
48.6 |
68.1 |
264.9 |
9.0 |
36.7 |
13.7 |
88.3 |
| Pneumococcal disease (invasive) | 2.4 |
12.1 |
40.8 |
11.8 |
11.1 |
13.1 |
6.2 |
8.4 |
10.3 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella | 0.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
| 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 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Varicella infection (chickenpox) | 0.0 |
NN |
176.8 |
14.4 |
39.2 |
5.7 |
0.0 |
10.8 |
8.8 |
| Varicella infection (unspecified) | 0.0 |
NN |
3.9 |
89.6 |
16.7 |
7.4 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
19.2 |
| Varicella zoster infection | 0.0 |
NN |
52.4 |
8.1 |
45.6 |
10.6 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
6.1 |
Vectorborne diseases |
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| Barmah Forest virus infection | 1.2 |
6.6 |
54.4 |
15.8 |
7.7 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
3.9 |
6.9 |
| Dengue | 1.2 |
0.9 |
7.8 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
| Flavivirus infection (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| 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 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Malaria | 2.4 |
2.2 |
38.9 |
6.0 |
3.6 |
4.9 |
2.8 |
6.1 |
4.0 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis virus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 3.7 |
5.2 |
66.0 |
16.2 |
9.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
11.4 |
7.6 |
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 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Lyssavirus unspecified | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ornithosis | 0.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
| Q fever | 0.0 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
4.2 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
1.9 |
Other bacterial infections |
|||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0.0 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
4.3 |
1.5 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
| Meningococcal infection|| | 3.7 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
| Tuberculosis | 4.9 |
7.0 |
19.4 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
1.6 |
8.9 |
4.7 |
6.5 |
| Total | 610.7 |
563.9 |
2,824.4 |
958.1 |
903.7 |
458.4 |
544.5 |
709.0 |
697.4 |
* Rates are subject to retrospective revision.
† Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
‡ 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, the 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 article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 30, No 4, December 2006.
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