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 2008.

Page last updated: 30 June 2008

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 January to 31 March 2008, by date of onset*

Disease
 State or territory Total 1st quarter 2008† Total 4th quarter 2007 Total 1st quarter 2007 Last 5 years mean 1st  quarter Year to date 2008 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio‡
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.2
0.0
Hepatitis B (incident)
1
5
1
14
7
2
15
6
51
69
81
78.0
51
78.0
0.7
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
14
623
19
194
83
19
445
166
1,563
1,639
1,823
1,571.4
1,563
1,571.4
1.0
Hepatitis C (incident)
2
3
4
NN
13
3
25
18
68
72
96
108.4
68
108.4
0.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
43
1,236
56
690
121
74
549
355
3,124
2,876
3,227
3,289.6
3,122
3,289.6
1.0
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
4
0
0
5
1
11
7
10
6.8
11
6.8
1.6
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.6
0
0.6
0.0
Campylobacteriosis§
118
NN
71
1,490
481
153
1,773
496
4,582
4,699
4,865
4,309.6
4,582
4,309.6
1.1
Cryptosporidiosis
7
209
37
240
26
0
158
71
748
809
1,136
992.2
748
992.2
0.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
2
0
3
0
0
3
0
8
7
7
4.8
8
4.8
1.7
Hepatitis A
1
22
1
25
11
0
17
7
84
35
47
92.6
84
92.6
0.9
Hepatitis E
0
4
0
1
0
0
6
2
13
3
6
8.8
13
8.8
1.5
Listeriosis
0
16
0
5
1
1
4
1
28
16
16
18.2
28
18.2
1.5
Salmonellosis
34
692
144
755
194
127
587
272
2,805
2,199
3,500
2,952.8
2,805
2,952.8
1.0
Shigellosis
0
22
65
28
50
2
16
55
238
162
144
173.8
238
173.8
1.4
STEC, VTEC||
0
6
0
8
12
0
4
0
30
42
40
20.8
30
20.8
1.4
Typhoid
0
10
0
11
1
0
8
4
34
14
39
26.2
34
26.2
1.3
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.8
0
0.8
0.0
Highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans
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 transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
256
3,227
506
3,929
883
383
2,885
2,052
14,121
12,892
13,484
10,541.2
14,121
10,541.2
1.3
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3.2
0
3.2
0.0
Gonococcal infection
7
306
379
442
111
10
212
417
1,884
1,809
2,024
2,016.6
1,884
2,016.6
0.9
Syphilis (all)
8
268
56
87
11
7
200
61
698
761
730
637.8
698
637.8
1.1
Syphilis < two years duration
1
66
28
53
0
2
97
33
280
297
302
197.3
280
197.3
1.4
Syphilis >two years or unspecified duration
7
202
28
34
11
5
103
28
418
464
428
440.5
418
440.5
1.0
Syphilis - congenital
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3.4
1
3.4
0.3
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
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
5
6
2
3.4
5
3.4
1.5
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
16
78
30
203
NDP
4
27
56
414
715
344
223.2
414
223.2
1.9
Measles
0
15
3
8
1
0
2
4
33
0
4
12.0
33
12.0
2.8
Mumps
0
46
11
13
9
0
6
53
138
296
46
36.8
138
36.8
3.8
Pertussis
17
665
35
322
77
3
258
32
1,409
1,475
1,039
1,550.6
1,409
1,550.6
0.9
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
2
50
15
43
6
5
44
26
191
296
193
270.6
191
270.6
0.7
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
4
7
9
12.4
4
12.4
0.3
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.2
0.0
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
1.0
3
1.0
3.0
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
3
NN
26
41
93
4
NN
49
216
488
358
289.0
216
289.0
0.8
Varicella zoster (shingles)
1
NN
20
115
148
24
NN
124
432
360
472
324.0
432
324.0
1.4
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
20
NN
1
734
116
15
NN
180
1,066
1,202
1,069
954.5
1,066
954.5
1.2
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
5
0
0
2
0
7
3
10
17.4
7
17.4
0.4
Barmah Forest virus infection
5
226
18
505
8
0
19
43
824
373
436
428.0
824
428.0
1.9
Dengue virus infection
1
37
14
51
9
0
2
37
151
75
93
165.4
151
165.4
0.9
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.2
0.0
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4.6
0
4.6
0.0
Malaria
4
27
5
41
5
1
19
22
124
139
153
202.8
124
202.8
0.6
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
0
0.6
0.0
Ross River virus infection
11
607
92
1,560
44
53
131
258
2,756
1,136
1,113
1,699.6
2,756
1,699.6
1.6
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.4
0
0.4
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
1
0
6
0
0
0
0
7
6
15
10.4
7
10.4
0.7
Leptospirosis
0
3
0
38
0
0
0
0
41
18
50
51.0
41
51.0
0.8
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
7
0
0
0
0
11
2
20
27
28
42.0
20
42.0
0.5
Q fever
0
44
0
49
6
0
3
0
102
111
115
124.4
102
124.4
0.8
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
25
0
7
5
0
11
10
58
97
75
86.8
58
86.8
0.7
Leprosy
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
2
5
3.2
3
3.2
0.9
Meningococcal infection**
0
10
2
20
2
0
6
4
44
78
45
75.4
44
75.4
0.6
Tuberculosis
2
97
6
28
9
2
102
19
265
370
273
259.0
271
259.0
1.0
Total
573
8,594
1,618
11,717
2,544
892
7,559
4,908
38,405
35,396
37,230
32,747
38,405
32,747
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 (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; 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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