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 July to 30 September 2009.

Page last updated: 22 February 2010

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

Disease
 State or territory Total 3rd quarter 2009† Total 2nd quarter 2009 Total 3rd quarter 2008 Last 5 years mean 3rd 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)
1
20
0
11
1
0
25
0
58
56
73
68.4
154
209.8
0.8
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
28
906
31
262
86
20
473
199
2,005
1,904
1,751
1,655.2
5,925
4,782.4
1.2
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)
1
8
0
0
12
4
37
0
62
63
99
98.0
192
285.8
0.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
45
1,461
32
644
128
62
626
276
3,274
3,211
2,710
2,973.2
9,705
8,971.8
1.1
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
4
11
10
11.2
25
27.8
0.4
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
1
1.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis§
50
0
42
1,116
412
177
1,359
657
3,813
3,798
3,383
3,679.0
11,641
11,464.4
1.0
Cryptosporidiosis
3
62
10
43
17
17
74
28
254
1,135
315
293.6
4,250
1,989.2
0.9
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
6
3.2
7
11.8
0.0
Hepatitis A
3
22
0
13
9
0
34
4
85
166
57
62.8
320
219.8
1.4
Hepatitis E
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
2
7
10
10
5.4
33
23.6
1.3
Listeriosis
0
7
0
6
0
0
5
4
22
19
17
13.4
70
45.8
1.6
STEC, VTEC||
0
2
0
12
6
0
3
0
23
27
17
14.8
103
55.8
1.6
Salmonellosis
25
329
86
290
130
26
363
261
1,510
2,225
1,327
1,310.2
7,124
6,307.0
1.2
Shigellosis
0
24
16
36
13
0
22
14
125
168
199
141.0
510
487.8
0.9
Typhoid
0
9
0
5
0
0
8
3
25
19
19
16.0
81
63.4
1.6
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0.4
4
2.0
2.5
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
225
3,692
420
3,987
885
372
3,352
2,084
15,017
16,751
14,659
11,596.8
47,383
35,517.0
1.3
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1.6
1
5.2
0.0
Gonococcal infection
20
358
292
305
61
12
354
280
1,682
2,229
1,751
1,802.0
6,159
5,973.0
0.9
Syphilis (all)
17
360
28
128
16
12
213
41
815
819
835
703.2
2,437
2,034.6
1.2
Syphilis < two years duration
4
97
11
59
16
5
85
18
295
312
326
247.2
932
733
1.2
Syphilis >two years or unspecified duration
13
263
17
69
0
7
128
23
520
507
509
456
1,505
1,301.6
1.1
Syphilis - congenital
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1.4
5
8.6
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
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
8
4
6.0
18
14.2
0.3
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
902
442
1,397
15,218
9,093
1,068
1,029
4,694
33,843
9,906
6,433
4,313.8
44,221
5,132.6
7.8
Measles
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
4
8
9
5
4.4
95
45.2
1.8
Mumps
0
9
8
5
0
0
8
4
34
43
55
79.0
133
207.2
0.4
Pertussis
98
1,820
45
1,578
1,332
143
1,004
162
6,182
7,460
3,526
3,249.4
22,154
6,889.4
1.9
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
9
168
34
113
60
18
147
61
610
402
642
679.2
1,217
1,382.8
0.9
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.2
0.0
Rubella
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
2
8
7
13
11.2
23
30.6
0.7
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.8
0.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
3
2.4
0.0
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
0
0
24
43
138
2
28
83
318
348
468
365.5
985
1,005.3
0.9
Varicella zoster (shingles)
1
0
35
58
244
19
126
89
572
842
503
233.4
2,079
683.4
2.5
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
15
0
0
939
97
31
439
202
1,723
1,516
1,119
642.8
4,975
1,779.2
2.7
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
5
5
6
5.2
24
28.0
1.0
Barmah Forest virus infection
2
66
15
157
6
0
2
18
266
360
373
295.0
1,195
1,327.4
0.9
Dengue virus infection
2
30
3
15
3
0
12
19
84
192
96
53.2
1,289
248.8
1.6
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.2
0
0.4
0.0
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.2
2
1.8
0.0
Malaria
1
25
4
45
10
0
44
24
153
151
153
154.0
439
505.0
1.0
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0.0
4
1.2
0.0
Ross River virus infection
0
159
58
411
90
1
14
91
824
1,522
779
457.0
3,988
3,698.4
1.8
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
3
0
0
1
0
4
9
14
11.0
22
29.4
0.4
Leptospirosis
0
4
0
11
0
0
1
0
16
48
15
19.8
130
111.2
0.8
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
1
0
9
0
16
14
27
36.6
46
118.8
0.4
Q fever
0
25
2
18
0
0
11
1
57
81
92
104.0
236
307.6
0.5
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
22
2
10
11
0
9
17
71
102
59
65.8
237
229.0
1.1
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2.0
2
7.6
0.0
Meningococcal infection**
0
34
3
21
5
1
13
11
88
63
115
120.8
198
262.6
0.7
Tuberculosis
3
96
5
78
13
1
105
25
326
271
292
288.2
906
812.6
1.1
Total
1,451
10,175
2,593
25,588
12,881
1,986
9,959
9,361
73,994
55,980
42,033
36,219.3
181,694
104,192.0
2.1

* 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 2 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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