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 October to 31 December 2008.

Page last updated: 15 May 2009

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 October to 31 December 2008, by date of diagnosis*

Disease
 State or territory Total 4th quarter 2008† Total 3rd quarter 2008 Total 4th quarter 2007 Last 5 years mean 4th 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
2
0
2
0
0
0.0
2
0.2
0.0
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
11
2
8
1
2
20
2
46
75
72
67.0
245
293.8
0.7
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
11
498
59
244
89
11
447
162
1,521
1,921
1,624
1,520.0
6,812
6,205.6
1.0
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
8
1
NN
9
6
38
0
62
81
80
88.2
306
366.2
0.7
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
58
946
60
684
131
77
567
322
2,845
3,112
2,850
3,024.8
11,938
12,427.2
0.9
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
1
6
9
7
5.6
42
30.2
1.1
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
1.4
0.0
Campylobacteriosis§
104
NN
53
1,315
479
126
1,410
555
4,042
3,376
4,711
4,534.4
15,481
15,970.2
0.9
Cryptosporidiosis
1
71
35
178
9
6
74
42
416
315
810
544.0
1,966
2,426.0
0.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
7
0
2
0
0
1
0
10
6
7
7.0
30
16.8
1.4
Hepatitis A
0
18
0
8
1
1
13
4
45
57
35
65.6
274
304.6
0.7
Hepatitis E
0
4
0
1
0
0
2
1
8
10
3
3.8
43
22.4
2.1
Listeriosis
0
4
0
3
0
0
0
1
8
18
16
15.8
68
60.2
0.5
Salmonellosis
50
585
147
580
141
27
361
227
2,118
1,326
2,196
2,064.8
8,291
8,209.8
1.0
Shigellosis
2
37
44
31
17
0
47
28
206
202
162
134.2
832
568.0
1.5
STEC, VTEC||
0
5
0
16
13
0
3
0
37
16
42
22.2
103
72.8
1.7
Typhoid
0
13
0
0
1
0
7
2
23
19
13
14.4
103
69.4
1.6
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
2
1.0
4
3.2
4.0
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
226
3,284
512
3,792
822
351
3,060
2,113
14,160
14,654
12,900
10,296.4
58,403
41,501.2
1.4
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2.2
2
9.6
0.5
Gonococcal infection
7
312
335
425
124
6
253
374
1,836
1,752
1,798
1,817.6
7,717
7,657.2
1.0
Syphilis (all)
7
306
50
85
9
4
196
51
707
826
774
649.3
3,178
2,608.0
1.1
   Syphilis < 2 years duration
0
75
16
35
9
2
73
32
241
311
323
230.8
1,249
921.3
1.0
   Syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration
7
231
34
50
NDP
2
123
19
466
515
451
418.5
1,929
1,686.8
1.1
Syphilis - congenital
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2.2
7
12.4
1.4
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
1
2
0
0
2
0
5
4
6
4.6
25
18.0
1.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
35
429
60
383
203
67
192
176
1,545
6,425
712
511.2
9,109
4,775.2
3.0
Measles
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
5
1
9.4
65
57.0
0.1
Mumps
0
8
13
8
2
0
1
4
36
55
298
89.2
286
256.0
0.4
Pertussis
64
4,424
122
1,017
560
115
571
177
7,050
3,498
1,487
2,151.0
14,118
8,274.0
3.3
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
6
95
15
60
36
12
80
37
341
633
295
385.8
1,613
1,857.4
0.9
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.2
0.0
Rubella
0
7
0
1
0
0
1
2
11
14
6
6.4
39
42.0
1.7
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
1.4
0.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1.2
4
3.4
0.0
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
1
0
39
117
217
5
214
148
741
449
519
415.0
1,738
1,612.5
1.8
Varicella zoster (shingles)
2
0
32
106
228
33
165
138
704
465
383
267.0
2,174
1,326.5
2.6
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
27
0
0
922
96
17
120
203
1,385
1,166
1,195
751.3
4,523
3,981.5
1.8
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
1
0
8
0
0
2
0
11
6
3
7.6
27
40.4
1.4
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
97
20
240
7
0
5
53
423
376
377
297.0
2,112
1,530.0
1.4
Dengue virus infection
2
45
1
125
6
0
3
16
198
93
76
78.8
541
386.6
2.5
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
1
0.4
0.0
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.8
1
3.6
0.0
Malaria
3
26
8
49
5
3
13
21
128
153
137
142.0
534
657.4
0.9
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2
0.8
0.0
Ross River virus infection
3
177
70
347
57
2
32
228
916
784
1,148
684.0
5,641
4,068.4
1.3
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
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
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
12
15
7
12.0
49
37.6
1.0
Leptospirosis
0
3
1
16
0
0
2
0
22
15
18
22.6
111
136.8
1.0
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
6
0
0
0
0
7
1
14
28
27
43.6
99
172.2
0.3
Q fever
1
42
0
38
0
0
5
3
89
88
105
107.0
357
445.4
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
1
26
0
7
6
0
10
20
70
59
95
89.6
266
326.2
0.8
Leprosy
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
1
3
1.2
9
8.6
2.5
Meningococcal infection**
0
15
1
24
5
1
16
6
68
115
78
95.8
289
395.6
0.7
Tuberculosis
1
124
5
57
15
2
103
27
334
296
364
323.4
1,211
1,100.4
1.0
Total
613
11,642
1,687
11,245
3,290
874
8,048
5,295
42,693
43,063
36,062
31,520.3
162,278
129,114.6
1.4

* Date of diagnosis = true onset date, or where not available, the earliest of (i) specimen date, (ii) notification date, or (iii) notification receive date. Hepatitis B and C unspecified were analysed by the notification receive date.

† 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 and Queensland, which exclude 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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