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 April to 30 June 2009.

Page last updated: 07 December 2009

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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 April to 30 June 2009, by date of diagnosis*

Disease
 State or territory Total 2nd quarter 2009† Total 1st quarter 2009 Total 2nd quarter 2008 Last 5 years mean 2nd quarter Year to date 2009 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
0.0
0
0.4
0.0
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)
2
8
1
14
4
2
25
0
56
40
66
71.4
96
141.6
0.8
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
17
820
39
251
133
18
464
164
1,906
2,017
1,553
1,551.2
3,923
3,127.6
1.2
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)
3
6
2
NN
5
0
47
0
63
67
90
94.0
130
188.2
0.7
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
28
1,427
45
672
106
72
580
281
3,211
3,221
2,652
2,914.0
6,432
5,998.0
1.1
Hepatitis D
0
2
0
4
0
0
5
0
11
10
15
8.0
21
16.6
1.4
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.2
1
0.8
0.0
Campylobacteriosis§
115
NN
65
1,116
474
137
1,259
632
3,798
4,030
3,420
3,449.0
7,828
7,785.4
1.1
Cryptosporidiosis
26
351
45
325
35
9
285
59
1,135
2,861
482
659.6
3,996
1,695.6
1.7
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
3
6
3.2
7
8.6
1.3
Hepatitis A
0
24
1
17
39
0
73
12
166
69
87
71.8
235
157.0
2.3
Hepatitis E
0
4
0
1
0
0
3
2
10
16
10
6.8
26
18.2
1.5
Listeriosis
0
7
0
1
0
0
5
6
19
29
14
12.8
48
32.4
1.5
STEC, VTEC||
0
4
0
6
11
0
5
1
27
53
19
18.2
80
41.0
1.5
Salmonellosis
44
549
148
645
211
42
336
251
2,226
3,390
1,966
2,021.6
5,616
4,996.8
1.1
Shigellosis
2
49
19
31
10
1
17
39
168
217
184
156.0
385
346.8
1.1
Typhoid
1
8
0
2
1
0
6
1
19
37
26
18.2
56
47.4
1.0
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0.8
3
1.6
1.3
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
258
3,895
672
4,375
1,078
397
3,698
2,375
16,748
15,613
15,126
11,973.0
32,361
23,920.2
1.4
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1.6
1
3.6
0.6
Gonococcal infection
14
382
500
434
140
5
361
394
2,230
2,248
2,163
2,131.0
4,478
4,170.8
1.0
Syphilis (all)
4
371
44
92
24
7
226
48
816
799
809
683.6
1,615
1,356.2
1.2
Syphilis < two years duration
1
110
12
31
24
2
102
27
309
320
332
254.2
629
485.6
1.2
Syphilis >two years or unspecified duration
3
261
32
61
NDP
5
124
21
507
479
477
417.8
986
845.8
1.2
Syphilis - congenital
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
4.6
3
7.2
0.2
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
2
0
3
1
0
0
2
8
8
11
4.2
16
8.2
1.9
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
337
896
541
2,631
1,402
223
3,228
646
9,904
472
711
529.0
10,376
818.8
18.7
Measles
0
2
0
1
2
0
1
3
9
78
26
26.6
87
40.8
0.3
Mumps
0
13
1
11
5
0
9
4
43
56
54
67.2
99
128.2
0.6
Pertussis
59
3,410
64
1,624
1,012
230
833
203
7,435
8,509
2,033
1,965.0
15,944
3,640.0
3.8
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
6
131
21
70
33
7
94
40
402
205
431
459.0
607
702.2
0.9
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
4
0
2
0
0
0
1
7
8
9
13.0
15
19.4
0.5
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
0.6
0.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0.8
3
2.0
0.0
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)**
0
NN
26
52
108
9
65
82
342
317
284
249.3
659
518.0
1.4
Varicella zoster (shingles)**
1
NN
29
122
221
29
268
157
827
659
502
209.2
1,486
450.0
4.0
Varicella zoster (unspecified)**
16
NN
1
904
118
17
265
214
1,535
1,747
968
554.2
3,282
1,136.4
2.8
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
5
14
3
6.6
19
22.8
0.8
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
108
33
174
8
0
0
35
359
569
481
493.6
928
1,032.4
0.7
Dengue virus infection
2
26
7
97
5
1
6
48
192
1,013
94
67.8
1,205
195.6
2.8
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.2
0.0
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0.4
2
1.6
0.0
Malaria
0
29
5
56
11
0
33
17
151
135
127
159.8
286
351.0
0.9
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0.4
4
1.2
5.0
Ross River virus infection
1
465
104
654
54
13
24
205
1,520
1,642
1,158
1,103.2
3,162
3,241.4
1.4
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
1
0
7
1
0
0
0
9
9
13
7.4
18
18.4
1.2
Leptospirosis
1
8
0
36
0
0
3
0
48
66
31
41.4
114
91.4
1.2
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
8
0
0
1
0
4
1
14
16
34
41.6
30
82.2
0.3
Q fever
0
37
0
37
0
0
6
1
81
98
70
99.8
179
203.6
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
34
2
25
12
0
18
11
102
64
76
81.2
166
163.2
1.3
Leprosy
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2.4
2
5.6
0.4
Meningococcal infection††
2
28
0
9
10
1
6
7
63
47
64
76.0
110
141.8
0.8
Tuberculosis
4
99
2
76
1
3
66
22
273
309
282
259.8
582
525.8
1.1
Total
944
13,213
2,417
14,760
5,276
1,235
12,326
6,075
56,246
51,063
36,391
32,509.7
107,309
67,851.4
1.7

* 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 are based on 5 years of 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; the Northern Territory and Queensland, which exclude ocular specimens; and Western Australia, which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.

** Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to the mean of last 5 years for the same quarter. Note: Ratios for varicella zoster (chickenpox), varicella zoster (shingles) and varicella zoster (unspecified) are based on 5 years of data

†† 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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