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 January to 31 March 2007.

Page last updated: 20 July 2007

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 January to 31 March 2007, by date of onset*

Disease
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 1st quarter 2007† Total 4th quarter 2006 Total 1st quarter 2006 YTD Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio‡  
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.2
0
Hepatitis B (incident)
3
12
1
20
1
2
28
7
74
77
67
74
82
0.9
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
25
832
69
319
62
8
505
152
1,972
1,613
1,475
1,972
1,559.20
1.3
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
14
1
NN
7
5
21
19
68
88
129
68
116
0.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
64
1,558
65
807
77
63
735
298
3,667
3,035
3,183
3,667
3,512.00
1
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
3
0
0
2
0
8
5
10
8
6
1.3
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0.4
2.5
Campylobacterosis
104
NN
70
1,075
946
223
1,861
545
4,824
4,390
3,733
4,824
4,119.60
1.2
Cryptosporidiosis
0
100
44
110
356
7
185
314
1,116
433
1,519
1,116
1,191.60
0.9
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
1
4
0
1
1
0
0
0
7
8
5
7
4
1.8
Hepatitis A
2
23
2
6
2
0
9
2
46
54
106
46
112
0.4
Hepatitis E
0
4
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
6
8
6
8
0.8
Listeriosis
0
5
0
3
1
1
4
1
15
13
25
15
17.8
0.8
Salmonellosis (NEC)
38
1,028
181
894
386
116
546
267
3,456
2,099
3,066
3,456
2,833.80
1.2
Shigellosis
0
15
48
21
5
0
27
27
143
115
190
143
175.6
0.8
SlTEC, VTEC
1
3
2
4
24
0
6
0
40
21
16
40
16.2
2.5
Typhoid
0
12
0
3
4
1
10
7
37
21
20
37
25
1.5
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0.8
0
Plague
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
NA
Smallpox
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
NA
Viral haemorrhagic fever (NEC)
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
NA
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
216
3,403
539
3,396
806
272
2,690
1,697
13,019
11,548
12,267
13,019
9,044.00
1.4
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
4.2
0.2
Gonococcal infection
14
387
386
359
94
8
292
433
1,973
1,867
2,406
1,973
1,937.00
1
Syphilis
12
356
42
89
8
9
203
29
748
719
626
748
560.6
1.3
  Syphilis < 2 years*
0
74
16
45
0
0
103
13
251
237
167
251
164
1.5
  Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration*
12
282
26
44
8
9
100
16
497
482
459
497
465.8
1.1
Syphilis - congenital
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
4
2
3.4
0.6
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
7
2
2
5.4
0.4
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
8
107
5
137
6
3
31
37
334
415
180
334
179.6
1.9
Measles
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
10
17
4
12.2
0.3
Mumps
0
23
2
12
2
0
1
5
45
42
43
45
31
1.5
Pertussis
18
343
4
327
80
5
196
21
994
1,279
2,428
994
1,708.20
0.6
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
7
69
12
41
5
3
35
19
191
293
206
191
288.2
0.7
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Rubella
1
2
0
2
0
0
2
1
8
12
6
8
21.8
0.4
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1.8
0
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
NDP
NN
21
94
177
7
NDP
53
352
705
176
352
NA
NA
Varicella zoster (shingles)
NDP
NN
28
91
183
24
NDP
116
442
406
175
442
NA
NA
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
NDP
NN
0
776
92
6
NDP
194
1,068
920
862
1,068
NA
NA
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
153
33
201
17
0
3
25
432
365
741
432
398.6
1.1
Dengue
0
31
5
36
4
0
4
11
91
36
57
91
159.6
0.6
Flavivirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
9
0
0
1
0
10
4
15
10
20.8
0.5
Japanese encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
Kunjin virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4.6
0
Malaria
4
29
5
61
3
6
32
19
159
152
212
159
204.4
0.8
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Ross River virus infection
2
174
126
600
48
2
20
101
1,073
530
3,433
1,073
1,610.80
0.7
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0.2
5
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Brucellosis
0
4
0
11
0
0
0
0
15
13
15
15
9.8
1.5
Leptospirosis
0
4
1
37
0
0
4
0
46
20
50
46
55.6
0.8
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Ornithosis
0
9
0
0
1
0
12
0
22
39
43
22
40.4
0.5
Q fever
0
52
1
49
3
0
4
1
110
101
98
110
140.6
0.8
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
31
0
13
4
1
5
11
66
94
101
66
83.6
0.8
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
2
2.8
0.7
Meningococcal infection
1
18
3
14
1
0
7
3
47
68
75
47
90
0.5
Tuberculosis
1
96
11
34
9
1
89
19
260
338
289
260
260.6
1
Total
524
8,909
1,707
9,659
3,415
774
7,576
4,434
36,998
31,969
38,084
36,998
30,904.00
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, 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.
NDP No data provided

 

This report was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 31 No 2, June 2007.

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