Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2006: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Results: Summary and Tables 2 and 3

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2006 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2006. The full report is available in 17 HTML documents. The full report is also available in PDF format from the Table of contents page.

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Results

Summary of 2006 data

There were 138,511 communicable diseases notifications received by NNDSS in 2006 (Table 2). Notifications rates per 100,000 population for each disease by state or territory are shown in Table 3. Trends in notifications and rates per 100,000 population for the period 2002 to 2006 are shown in Table 4a. The year in which diseases became notifiable to NNDSS in each jurisdiction is shown in Table 4b.

Table 2. Notifications of communicable diseases, Australia, 2006, by state or territory

Disease
 State or territory  
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas. Vic. WA Aust.
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Hepatitis B (incident)*
7
54
11
50
7
9
107
50
295
Hepatitis B (unspecified)*,†
70
2,489
236
1,009
316
46
1,564
566
6,296
Hepatitis C (incident)
16
40
3
NN
54
10
200
108
431
Hepatitis C (unspecified)*
175
4,415
229
2,877
517
260
2,542
1,042
12,057
Hepatitis D
0
15
0
8
0
0
7
1
31
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Campylobacteriosis‡
403
NN
263
3,967
2,514
596
5,718
1,937
15,398
Cryptosporidiosis
79
780
72
700
202
28
1,090
250
3,201
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
11
0
0
1
0
1
0
13
Hepatitis A
1
95
30
31
8
4
44
67
280
Hepatitis E
2
10
0
2
0
0
8
1
23
Listeriosis
1
26
0
3
5
0
13
13
61
Salmonellosis
134
2,059
404
2,711
570
192
1,391
800
8,261
Shigellosis
2
75
125
97
37
3
76
128
543
STEC, VTEC§
0
10
2
15
36
0
4
3
70
Typhoid
0
35
3
6
3
1
19
11
78
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Smallpox
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmitted infections
Chlamydial infections (NEC)||
821
11,819
2,056
12,223
3,128
1,044
9,966
5,897
46,954
Donovanosis
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
4
Gonococcal infection
33
1,695
1,777
1,559
499
18
1,300
1,666
8,547
Syphilis (all)
14
876
269
436
43
22
598
179
2,436
Syphilis – <2 years duration
2
210
150
165
2
5
231
48
813
Syphilis – >2 years or unspecified duration
12
666
119
271
41
17
366
131
1,623
Syphilis – congenital
0
5
8
1
0
0
0
0
14
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
11
2
7
0
0
2
0
22
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)**
80
614
40
1660
89
47
421
208
3,159
Measles
1
60
0
2
9
11
12
30
125
Mumps
1
154
7
58
22
0
16
17
275
Pertussis
258
4,916
96
2,178
2,179
41
1,066
264
10,998
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
18
564
56
253
107
40
274
131
1,443
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella
0
37
0
12
2
0
6
2
59
Rubella – congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tetanus
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
NDP
NN
193
380
760
16
NN
165
1,514
Varicella zoster (shingles)
NDP
NN
80
247
625
55
NN
70
1,077
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
NDP
NN
1
3,167
328
14
NN
55
3,565
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
8
644
130
957
186
0
30
165
2,120
Dengue virus infection
6
50
21
78
11
0
5
16
187
Flavivirus infection (NEC)‡‡
0
0
0
23
0
0
10
0
33
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
Malaria
11
140
66
268
34
26
115
115
775
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Ross River virus infection
10
1,225
279
2,615
317
14
209
818
5,487
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brucellosis
0
8
0
40
0
0
0
1
49
Leptospirosis
0
17
2
117
1
1
6
3
147
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ornithosis
2
94
0
2
0
1
65
4
168
Q fever
0
174
5
164
18
0
36
5
402
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
77
3
39
65
3
69
91
348
Leprosy
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
5
Meningococcal infection¶¶
5
107
6
71
18
5
85
21
318
Tuberculosis
14
472
32
149
72
9
367
114
1,229
Total
2,173
33,881
6,510
38,186
12,784
2,516
27,442
15,019
138,511
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* Unspecified hepatitis includes cases in whom the duration of infection could not be determined.

† In Queensland, includes incident hepatitis cases.

‡ Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.

§ Infection with Shiga toxin-/verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC/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.

¶ Does not include congenital syphilis.

** Laboratory-confirmed influenza is not a notifiable disease in South Australia but reports are forwarded to NNDSS.

‡‡ Flavivirus (NEC) replaced Arbovirus (NEC) from 1 January 2004.

§§ In the Australian Capital Territory, Murray Valley encephalitis virus infections and Kunjin virus infections are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis virus 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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Table 3. Notifications rate for communicable diseases, Australia, 2006, by state and territory (per 100,000 population)

Disease
 State or territory  
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas. Vic. WA Aust.
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Hepatitis B (incident)*
2.1
0.8
5.3
1.2
0.5
1.8
2.1
2.4
1.4
Hepatitis B (unspecified)*,†
21.3
36.5
114.2
24.9
20.3
9.4
30.7
27.6
30.6
Hepatitis C (incident)
4.9
0.6
1.5
NN
3.5
2.0
3.9
5.3
2.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)*
53.2
64.7
110.8
71.0
33.3
53.2
49.9
50.8
58.5
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis‡
122.6
NN
127.2
97.9
161.7
121.9
112.3
94.4
111.8
Cryptosporidiosis
24.0
11.4
34.8
17.3
13.0
5.7
21.4
12.2
15.5
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis A
0.3
1.4
14.5
0.8
0.5
0.8
0.9
3.3
1.4
Hepatitis E
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
Listeriosis
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.3
Salmonellosis
40.8
30.2
195.5
66.9
36.7
39.3
27.3
39.0
40.1
Shigellosis
0.6
1.1
60.5
2.4
2.4
0.6
1.5
6.2
2.6
STEC, VTEC
0.0
0.1
1.0
0.4
2.3
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.3
Typhoid
0.0
0.5
1.5
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.5
0.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Highly pathogenic avian influenza
0.0
0.0
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
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
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
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 transmitted infections
Chlamydial infections (NEC)||
249.7
173.1
994.7
301.5
201.2
213.5
195.7
287.5
227.9
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gonococcal infection
10.0
24.8
859.7
38.5
32.1
3.7
25.5
81.2
41.5
Syphilis (all)
4.3
12.8
130.1
10.8
2.8
4.5
11.7
8.7
11.8
Syphilis – <2 years duration
0.6
3.1
72.6
4.1
0.1
1.0
4.5
2.3
3.9
Syphilis – >2 years or unspecified duration
3.6
9.8
57.6
6.7
2.6
3.5
7.2
6.4
7.9
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
0.2
1.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)**
24.3
9.0
19.4
41.0
5.7
9.6
8.3
10.1
15.3
Measles
0.3
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.6
2.2
0.2
1.5
0.6
Mumps
0.3
2.3
3.4
1.4
1.4
0.0
0.3
0.8
1.3
Pertussis
78.5
72.0
46.4
53.7
140.2
8.4
20.9
12.9
53.4
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
5.5
8.3
27.1
6.2
6.9
8.2
5.4
6.4
7.0
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.3
Rubella – congenital
0.0
0.0
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 zoster (chickenpox)
NDP
NN
93.4
9.4
48.9
3.3
NN
8.0
18.1
Varicella zoster (shingles)
NDP
NN
38.7
6.1
40.2
11.2
NN
3.4
5.2
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
NDP
NN
0.5
78.1
21.1
2.9
NN
2.7
17.3
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
2.4
9.4
62.9
23.6
12.0
0.0
0.6
8.0
10.3
Dengue virus infection
1.8
0.7
10.2
1.9
0.7
0.0
0.1
0.8
0.9
Flavivirus infection (NEC)‡‡
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Kunjin virus infection
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Malaria
3.3
2.1
31.9
6.6
2.2
5.3
2.3
5.6
3.8
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ross River virus infection
3.0
17.9
135.0
64.5
20.4
2.9
4.1
39.9
26.6
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
0.1
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.2
1.0
2.9
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.7
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0.6
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
1.3
0.2
0.8
Q fever
0.0
2.5
2.4
4.0
1.2
0.0
0.7
0.2
2.0
Tularaemia
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0.3
1.1
1.5
1.0
4.2
0.6
1.4
4.4
1.7
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Meningococcal infection¶¶
1.5
1.6
2.9
1.8
1.2
1.0
1.7
1.0
1.5
Tuberculosis
4.3
6.9
15.5
3.7
4.6
1.8
7.2
5.6
6.0
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* Unspecified hepatitis includes cases in whom the duration of infection could not be determined.

† In Queensland, includes incident hepatitis cases.

‡ Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.

§ Infection with Shiga toxin-/verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC/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.

¶ Does not include congenital syphilis.

** Laboratory-confirmed influenza is not a notifiable disease in South Australia but reports are forwarded to NNDSS.

‡‡ Flavivirus (NEC) replaced Arbovirus (NEC) from 1 January 2004.

§§ In the Australian Capital Territory, Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection and Kunjin virus infection are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection.

¶¶ 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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