Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System rates

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 notification rates for the period 1 July to 30 September 2007.

Page last updated: 07 December 2007

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Table 3. Notification rates of diseases, 1 July to 30 September 2007, by state or territory. (Annualised rate per 100,000 population)

Disease*
 State or territory Aust
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
3.6
1.1
9.6
1.5
0.0
1.6
1.5
2.5
1.4
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
25.2
49.3
111.8
26.7
38.7
3.2
33.5
31.3
37.5
Hepatitis C (incident)
1.2
0.5
0.0
NN
3.8
1.6
2.3
3.3
1.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
45.6
92.1
111.8
65.7
29.9
45.6
50.3
50.3
66.1
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis†
125.9
NN
188.8
96.8
301.3
137.7
108.2
86.5
126.2
Cryptosporidiosis
2.4
4.9
69.4
8.3
34.7
5.6
11.5
32.4
12.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis A
0.0
0.7
3.9
0.9
0.3
0.8
0.4
1.9
0.8
Hepatitis E
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.1
Listeriosis
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.2
0.0
0.2
Salmonellosis (NEC)
38.4
35.7
233.2
64.2
86.6
37.6
36.4
41.8
48.0
Shigellosis
0.0
1.1
75.2
1.0
6.0
1.6
2.1
5.2
2.8
SLTEC, VTEC‡
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.4
2.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.3
Typhoid
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.3
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0.0
0.1
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
Chlamydial infection§
268.6
169.9
1,360.5
305.2
237.3
229.7
220.5
348.0
246.5
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gonococcal infection
10.8
20.8
1,040.6
33.6
46.2
7.2
18.1
80.9
40.1
Syphilis (all) 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
   Syphilis <2 years duration
0.0
6.2
125.3
6.2
0.3
3.2
7.1
5.9
6.9
   Syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration
7.2
10.0
67.4
4.8
0.0
4.8
8.3
5.6
7.8
Syphilis - congenital
0.0
0.1
3.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
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
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
8.4
9.6
13.5
20.6
5.0
16.8
2.9
19.9
11.0
Measles
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
Mumps
0.0
3.3
23.1
1.0
2.5
0.0
0.6
0.2
1.9
Pertussis
33.6
25.8
13.5
33.4
48.5
6.4
22.9
6.3
25.9
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
10.8
7.4
32.8
7.1
16.1
2.4
5.7
6.9
7.7
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
1.2
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.5
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.3
Rubella - congenital
0.0
0.1
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 infections (chickenpox)
NDP
NN
40.5
4.5
78.6
0.8
NN
9.8
NA
Varicella infections (unspecified)
NDP
NN
30.8
8.0
75.3
16.8
NN
14.2
NA
Varicella zoster infections
NDP
NN
3.9
67.5
34.1
4.0
NN
30.5
NA
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
3.6
13.5
61.7
24.0
8.3
0.0
0.7
3.5
11.0
Dengue
2.4
0.9
5.8
4.5
2.0
0.0
0.2
2.3
1.7
Flavivirus infection (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.1
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
1.2
1.1
17.3
4.9
4.5
1.6
3.0
5.6
3.2
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
4.8
16.3
129.1
70.2
25.1
1.6
1.8
23.2
25.2
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
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.3
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
Lyssavirus unspecified
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.5
Q fever
0.0
2.9
1.9
3.5
5.8
0.0
0.9
0.4
2.4
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
2.4
1.7
3.9
1.4
3.5
0.8
1.2
2.3
1.7
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
Meningococcal infection||
0.0
1.3
3.9
0.7
1.3
0.8
1.8
0.4
1.2
Tuberculosis
4.8
5.2
13.5
3.1
4.3
1.6
5.2
2.5
4.4

* 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, 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.

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