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 July to 30 September 2007.

Page last updated: 07 December 2007

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 July to 30 September 2007, by date of onset*

Disease
 State or territory Total 2nd quarter 2007† Total 1st quarter 2007 Total 2nd quarter 2006 Last 5 years mean 2nd quarter Year to date 2007 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio‡
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
3
7
1
16
5
0
12
9
53
76
67
83.8
208
245.6
0.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
30
1,148
36
216
115
7
478
157
2,187
1,970
1,682
1,518.4
6,153
4,657.2
1.3
Hepatitis C (incident)
2
7
1
NN
8
8
29
20
75
74
94
110.0
242
341.6
0.7
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
57
1,707
59
653
131
63
657
323
3,650
3,471
3,127
3,210.2
10,888
10,010.0
1.1
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
1
0
0
2
4
10
7
10
6.4
26
23.0
1.1
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
1
1.0
1.0
Campylobacteriosis§
69
NN
77
911
825
157
1,262
505
3,806
4,430
3,903
3,325.6
13,168
11,055.4
1.2
Cryptosporidiosis
0
50
14
23
28
12
78
62
267
672
313
625.4
2,098
2,078.0
1.0
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
2.4
13
9.4
1.4
Hepatitis A
1
17
1
7
2
0
13
3
44
41
55
86.0
132
273.6
0.5
Hepatitis E
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
6
4.6
15
17.8
0.8
Listeriosis
0
5
0
2
2
0
1
0
10
8
15
16.2
34
46.8
0.7
Salmonellosis (NEC) 
21
336
89
303
185
17
312
279
1,542
2,521
1,244
1,879.4
7,585
5,885.8
1.3
Shigellosis
1
21
34
34
25
0
27
27
169
148
103
138.8
460
424.4
1.1
SLTEC, VTEC||
0
0
0
4
3
0
3
2
12
18
16
16.8
72
46.8
1.5
Typhoid
0
7
2
1
1
2
6
0
19
18
15
12.0
74
50.2
1.5
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.8
2
2.6
0.8
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
Chlamydial infection
263
2,872
467
3,106
787
271
2,750
1,729
12,245
12,951
11,628
9,069.4
38,496
27,024.8
1.4
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2.8
3
9.0
0.3
Gonococcal infection
5
253
353
317
56
13
235
443
1,675
2,108
1,925
1,957.0
5,791
5,645.8
1.0
Syphilis (all)
12
315
50
85
13
10
267
47
799
793
658
571.2
2,313
1,713.2
1.4
   Syphilis < two years duration
1
66
15
48
2
4
127
25
288
365
180
166.0
946
482.3
2.1
   Syphilis >two years or unspecified duration
11
249
35
37
11
6
140
22
511
428
478
414.0
1,367
1,207.3
1.1
Syphilis - congenital
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
5.8
7
12.0
0.6
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
5
4
11
5.2
11
16.8
0.7
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
356
1,359
164
3,861
650
378
1,389
801
8,958
576
2,256
444.6
9,878
3,014.2
3.3
Measles
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
1
6
3
2
27.8
13
51.2
0.3
Mumps
1
80
16
17
14
2
3
14
147
99
93
44.0
291
120.6
2.4
Pertussis
35
548
5
482
170
6
292
21
1,559
1,360
4,559
1,704.2
3,981
6,181.4
0.6
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
11
204
24
157
43
15
97
46
597
405
534
538.2
1,194
1,616.8
0.7
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0.0
1
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
0
6
15
25
20.4
30
66.6
0.5
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.4
1
1.2
0.8
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0.6
2
2.6
0.8
Varicella infections (chickenpox)
NDP
NN
88
105
295
5
NN
82
575
432
466
NA
1,366
NA
NA
Varicella infections (unspecified)
NDP
NN
23
68
179
11
NN
76
357
493
322
NA
1,312
NA
NA
Varicella zoster infections
NDP
NN
1
843
168
6
NN
154
1,172
998
931
NA
3,249
NA
NA
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
87
14
167
25
0
3
16
313
578
356
507.2
1,331
1,116.0
1.2
Dengue
2
17
4
19
13
1
3
13
72
89
39
95.0
254
287.8
0.9
Flavivirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
6
4
12.2
19
42.6
0.4
Japanese encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.4
0.0
Kunjin virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.4
0
6.2
0.0
Malaria
4
26
2
39
8
2
21
12
114
168
202
157.6
435
504.2
0.9
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
1.2
0.0
Ross River virus infection
2
149
44
306
56
0
6
59
622
1,325
391
1,196.8
3,051
3,036.6
1.0
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1
0.2
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
5
1
1
1
0
8
4
15
6.4
26
25.2
1.0
Leptospirosis
0
1
0
7
0
0
2
0
10
30
20
44.2
87
124.0
0.7
Lyssavirus unspecified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
1
0
1
0
0
7
1
10
26
46
52.2
64
154.2
0.4
Q fever
2
43
0
43
7
0
8
1
104
124
119
130.6
344
389.8
0.9
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
13
0
9
1
0
9
10
42
90
82
85.2
207
240.6
0.9
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
1.6
9
6.2
1.5
Meningococcal infection**
1
43
1
32
12
3
26
8
126
62
111
107.0
234
361.0
0.6
Tuberculosis
7
90
4
36
11
0
109
14
271
232
326
257.4
774
801.2
1.0
Total
886
9,421
1,574
11,886
3,841
991
8,111
4,939
41,649
36,444
35,775
28,316.5
115,929
88,540.4
1.4

* 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.

§ 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, 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

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