Erratum published in Commun Dis Intell 2007;31:448

This article {extract} was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 31 No 1 March 2007 and may be downloaded as a full version PDF from the Table of contents page.

Appendices

Appendix 1. Mid-year estimate of Australian population, 2005, by state or territory

	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	Australia
Male	160,939	3,369,591	106,695	1,981,864	764,238	239,448	2,478,879	1,007,798	10,110,836
Female	164,222	3,404,658	96,098	1,982,104	777,795	245,815	2,543,467	1,002,315	10,217,773
Total	325,161	6,774,249	202,793	3,963,968	1,542,033	485,263	5,022,346	2,010,113	20,328,609

Appendix 2. Mid-year estimate of Australian population, 2005, by state or territory and age group

Age	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	Australia
0–4	20,185	424,073	17,499	253,957	87,820	30,072	306,350	124,313	1,264,507
5–9	20,453	438,016	16,527	268,698	94,737	31,905	317,482	133,407	1,321,465
10–14	21,810	457,361	16,495	284,410	101,053	34,539	334,764	141,554	1,392,249
15–19	23,604	454,452	14,771	277,675	103,078	34,076	335,465	145,108	1,388,471
20–24	28,286	464,323	16,299	285,703	104,614	30,988	356,918	144,095	1,431,363
25–29	25,530	456,598	16,816	263,517	94,057	26,614	343,837	134,164	1,361,259
30–34	25,473	510,560	18,294	293,071	103,565	30,345	380,007	147,174	1,508,671
35–39	24,087	482,143	16,916	284,852	107,820	32,239	374,844	148,621	1,471,707
40–44	24,538	510,760	16,274	299,080	115,971	36,313	378,221	155,070	1,536,470
45–49	23,823	481,819	14,184	282,153	113,184	36,261	358,481	149,107	1,459,226
50–54	22,452	439,663	12,741	258,771	104,974	33,954	325,527	136,630	1,334,942
55–59	20,276	410,855	10,027	245,445	100,585	32,292	302,834	122,881	1,245,336
60–64	13,341	317,556	6,547	186,500	75,820	25,240	229,389	90,449	944,942
65–69	9,858	262,815	3,971	146,142	63,414	20,833	191,996	72,702	771,804
70–74	7,365	217,394	2,274	113,434	53,425	16,681	159,522	56,896	627,027
75–79	6,204	193,608	1,589	96,885	50,420	14,316	142,325	47,626	552,987
80–84	4,587	141,475	882	69,274	37,591	10,480	103,364	33,499	401,156
85+	3,289	110,778	687	54,401	29,905	8,115	81,020	26,817	315,027
Total	325,161	6,774,249	202,793	3,963,968	1,542,033	485,263	5,022,346	2,010,113	20,328,609

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Appendix 3. Completeness of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data received, Australia, 2005, by state or territory

	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	Australia
Total notifications	1,677	31,016	5,132	27,534	7,992	1,970	24,246	14,356	113,923
Sex
Unknown/missing	1	0	0	7	0	1	151	7	167
Per cent complete*	99.9	100	100	99.9	100	100	98.9	100	99.9
Age
Unknown/missing	1	24	9	0	2	7	106	12	161
Per cent complete*	99.9	99.9	99.8	100	100	99.6	99.6	99.9	99.8
Indigenous status†
Not stated/missing	1,619	22,886	394	17,725	861	1,465	11,540	3	56,493
Per cent complete*	3.5	26.2	92.3	35.6	89.2	25.6	52.4	100	50.4

* Data completeness = (Total – unknown or missing)/total x 100.

† 'Indigenous status' is a variable defined by the following values:

1. Indigenous – (Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin);

2. Indigenous – (Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin);

3. Indigenous – (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin);

4. Not Indigenous – ( not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin);

9. Not stated

Blank/missing/null =No information provided