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 the notifications for the period 1 October to 31 December 2006.

Page last updated: 13 April 2007

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 October to 31 December 2006, by date of onset*

Disease
 State or territory Total 4th quarter 2006 Total 3rd quarter 2006 Total 4th quarter 2005 Last 5 years mean 4th quarter Year to date 2006 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio†
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
5
14
4
12
2
3
28
12
80
66
53
338.6
297
71
1.1
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
20
757
56
234
73
12
402
199
1,753
1,905
1,468
6,551.00
6,663
1,575.40
1.1
Hepatitis C (incident)
13
2
1
0
10
2
43
24
95
92
90
499
428
117.8
0.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
38
1,577
58
756
130
68
609
265
3,501
3,681
2,916
14,746.00
13,189
3,494.20
1
Hepatitis D
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
5
10
6
25.6
31
4.2
1.2
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1.3
1
0
NA
Campylobacterosis§
117
NN
59
1,021
882
204
1,549
540
4,372
3,898
4,987
15,733.20
15,365
4,569.20
1
Cryptosporidiosis
0
123
25
81
36
6
76
76
423
305
792
2,211.20
3,181
447.6
0.9
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
8
0
0
0
0
1
0
9
0
8
13.4
14
4.6
2
Hepatitis A
0
10
1
3
0
3
11
23
51
56
71
402.2
277
97.8
0.5
Hepatitis E
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
6
2
19.4
22
2.4
2.1
Listeriosis
1
4
0
2
1
0
2
3
13
14
18
63.2
59
16.2
0.8
Salmonellosis (NEC)
48
569
122
580
137
40
381
206
2,083
1,242
2,446
7,660.80
8,250
1,954.00
1.1
Shigellosis
0
20
30
15
10
0
23
16
114
103
168
553.4
542
125.4
0.9
SLTEC, VTEC||
0
2
0
4
10
0
4
0
20
16
24
58.4
69
15.4
1.3
Typhoid
0
10
0
1
1
1
5
2
20
15
9
65.4
75
14
1.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
3.6
3
0.2
15
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Smallpox
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Tularemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
212
2,881
496
2,955
750
264
2,462
1,436
11,456
11,413
9,964
30,656.80
46,424
7,619.20
1.5
Donovanosis
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
17.6
3
3.8
0.3
Gonococcal infection
9
379
370
320
73
0
299
395
1,845
1,899
2,070
6,960.20
8,517
1,707.20
1.1
Syphilis—all
7
288
50
78
6
2
190
48
669
653
532
2,087.80
2,592
522.4
1.3
Syphilis < 2 years duration
0
42
35
41
0
0
76
21
215
175
146
622.5
747
154
1.4
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration
7
246
15
37
6
2
114
27
454
478
386
1,838.80
1,845
460.8
1
Syphilis—congenital
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
16
12
4
0.3
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0
NA
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
2
1
3
0
0
1
0
7
11
5
20.4
22
3
2.3
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
49
90
12
212
12
3
18
24
420
2,166
416
3,032.80
3,145
361.4
1.2
Measles
0
3
0
1
0
0
3
3
10
2
2
64.2
125
15
0.7
Mumps
0
18
0
7
5
0
2
5
37
90
38
121
260
25.8
1.4
Pertussis
13
372
6
492
142
9
150
30
1,214
4,563
2,805
8,035.80
10,921
2,568.80
0.5
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
6
101
4
41
19
9
70
34
284
536
342
2,117.40
1,432
472.4
0.6
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Rubella
1
5
0
1
1
0
0
1
9
26
3
127.2
58
33
0.3
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.4
0
0.2
0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3.6
1
1
0
Varicella infection (chickenpox)
0
NN
73
178
297
4
0
178
730
416
13
NA
1,482
NA
NA
Varicella infection (unspecified)
0
NN
2
771
120
4
0
151
1,048
939
141
NA
3,705
NA
NA
Varicella zoster infection
0
NN
29
141
157
15
0
156
498
314
7
NA
1,147
NA
NA
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
93
16
218
15
0
0
22
364
357
296
1,169.40
2,108
209
1.7
Dengue
0
9
4
13
4
0
2
1
33
38
48
347.4
184
66.6
0.5
Flavivirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
62
32
10.2
0.3
Japanese encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
0
NA
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7.2
3
0.6
0
Malaria
1
30
14
44
4
5
20
29
147
209
143
634
780
138.2
1.1
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2.2
1
0
NA
Ross River virus infection
0
129
43
176
47
1
12
112
520
395
777
3,057.40
5,472
405.2
1.3
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
NA
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Brucellosis
0
4
0
7
0
0
0
0
11
14
18
31.8
44
10.8
1
Leptospirosis
0
1
0
13
0
1
2
1
18
19
28
169
145
29.8
0.6
Lyssavirus unspecified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Ornithosis
0
19
0
0
0
0
13
2
34
43
31
190.6
160
42.6
0.8
Q fever
0
45
1
42
1
0
4
2
95
114
83
574.4
393
141.4
0.7
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
10
0
10
19
1
16
34
90
81
87
321.8
344
87.4
1
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
7.4
5
1.2
0
Meningococcal infection**
1
21
1
12
6
1
19
5
66
111
105
547.6
319
129.4
0.5
Tuberculosis
6
125
7
45
24
1
96
33
337
331
318
1,143.00
1,232
325.6
1
Total
547
7,730
1,487
8,495
2,995
659
6,515
4,068
32,497
36,156
31,342
110,507.9
139,539
27,477.60
1.2

* Date of onset = the true onset. 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. Note: Ratios for Syphilis < 2 years; syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration based on 2 years data.

§ Not reported for New South Wales where 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 report was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 31 No 1, March 2007.

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