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 2008.

Page last updated: 28 January 2009

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Table 3. Notification rates of diseases, 1 July to 30 September 2008, by state or territory. (Annualised rate 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)
0.0
0.9
1.9
1.1
0.3
1.6
1.9
3.2
1.4
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
28.3
45.4
63.3
21.0
28.3
17.0
39.7
30.8
35.6
Hepatitis C (incident)
1.2
0.4
5.6
0.0
2.0
4.1
2.5
4.7
1.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
63.6
74.1
76.3
62.1
30.0
67.3
43.7
55.5
58.7
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.4
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†
83.6
NN
122.8
105.5
111.1
63.2
89.5
83.8
95.3
Cryptosporidiosis
0.0
4.5
14.9
8.0
3.3
16.2
7.1
2.8
5.9
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis A
1.2
1.0
0.0
1.2
1.0
0.0
1.3
0.6
1.1
Hepatitis E
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
Listeriosis
2.4
0.5
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.8
0.3
Salmonellosis
24.7
21.8
141.4
25.5
33.3
13.0
19.7
33.6
25.1
Shigellosis
1.2
1.9
63.3
1.3
7.6
0.0
4.1
7.0
3.8
STEC, VTEC‡
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.7
1.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.3
Typhoid
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.2
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 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§
317.9
205.2
917.5
355.3
223.5
317.8
239.2
404.7
276.6
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gonococcal infection
3.5
19.9
599.3
35.7
18.7
2.4
17.4
74.1
33.0
Syphilis (all)
21.2
20.3
109.8
7.4
4.0
8.1
15.3
14.8
15.4
   Syphilis <2 years duration
1.2
3.6
18.6
4.6
4.0
3.2
5.9
11.2
5.3
   Syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration
20.0
16.7
91.2
2.8
0.0
4.9
9.4
3.6
10.1
Syphilis - congenital
0.0
0.2
0.0
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
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
193.1
59.7
193.6
270.1
59.1
235.9
75.2
133.1
120.4
Measles
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
Mumps
0.0
0.6
37.2
0.2
1.5
0.8
0.3
2.3
1.1
Pertussis
38.9
94.7
275.4
52.6
91.9
38.9
30.8
16.9
62.1
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
1.2
12.1
35.4
14.3
10.4
11.4
10.0
11.0
11.8
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.2
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)
0.0
NN
54.0
15.9
36.4
7.3
NN
14.1
18.9
Varicella zoster (shingles)
4.7
NN
59.6
9.5
43.4
22.7
NN
20.3
19.8
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
28.3
NN
1.9
82.1
28.8
7.3
NN
37.4
53.9
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.0
5.1
35.4
21.1
2.8
0.0
0.2
6.5
7.1
Chikungunya virus infection
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Dengue virus infection
2.4
2.1
9.3
2.0
1.0
2.4
0.0
4.0
1.8
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
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Malaria
5.9
1.8
5.6
4.0
1.3
1.6
3.2
4.2
2.9
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
3.5
8.7
80.0
37.6
7.8
0.0
1.5
24.7
14.6
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
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.3
Lyssavirus (NEC)
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
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.5
Q fever
0.0
2.7
1.9
2.8
1.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
1.7
Tularaemia
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0.0
0.8
1.9
1.0
1.0
0.0
0.8
3.4
1.1
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
1.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Meningococcal infection||
2.4
2.4
5.6
2.8
2.0
0.0
1.8
1.7
2.2
Tuberculosis
3.5
6.5
1.9
3.8
2.5
1.6
6.9
4.2
5.3

* Rates are subject to retrospective revision.

† 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; the Northern Territory and Queensland, 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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