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 2009.

Page last updated: 19 April 2010

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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 October to 31 December 2009, by date of diagnosis*

Disease
 State or territory Total 4th quarter 2009† Total 3rd quarter 2009 Total 4th quarter 2008 Last 5 years mean 4th quarter Ratio‡ Year to date 2009 Last 5 years YTD mean
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.2
0.0
0
0.6
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)
3
12
3
12
1
2
20
0
53
48
45
62.2
0.9
197
272.2
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
20
803
38
246
99
21
508
197
1,932
2,040
1,418
1,510.6
1.3
7,878
6,289.8
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)
2
11
1
NN
13
4
51
0
82
69
100
89.0
0.9
297
370.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
38
1,261
45
649
122
65
521
302
3,003
3,270
2,491
2,831.4
1.1
12,695
11,800.2
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
6
5
6
5.8
1.0
32
33.4
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.0
1
1.2
Campylobacteriosis§
94
NN
29
1,059
440
174
1,699
697
4,192
3,819
4,082
4,543.8
0.9
15,851
16,008.2
Cryptosporidiosis
5
110
28
40
14
29
90
27
343
259
423
589.0
0.6
4,599
2,577.2
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
4
0
11
8.2
0.5
12
20.0
Hepatitis A
2
29
0
17
7
5
167
13
240
86
41
52.6
4.6
562
272.4
Hepatitis E
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
8
9
5.2
0.2
35
28.8
Listeriosis
1
5
0
2
0
1
9
3
21
22
8
14.0
1.5
91
59.8
STEC, VTEC||
0
6
1
25
21
0
3
2
58
23
36
27.0
2.1
160
82.8
Salmonellosis
53
724
132
504
168
40
460
326
2,407
1,501
2,054
2,149.6
1.1
9,526
8,455.4
Shigellosis
3
25
20
29
11
0
12
19
119
124
199
155.8
0.8
629
643.4
Typhoid
0
16
0
2
1
0
14
2
35
25
19
15.6
2.2
116
79.0
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1.8
0.0
4
3.8
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
3,716
470
4,052
850
352
3,378
2,149
15,193
15,124
13,966
11,548.4
1.3
62,677
47,062.6
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.6
0.0
1
6.8
Gonococcal infection
6
496
349
381
61
1
343
278
1,915
1,699
1,807
1,856.2
1.0
8,094
7,828.6
Syphilis (all)
4
236
24
119
5
5
204
43
640
736
704
661.0
1.0
2,840
2,704.0
Syphilis < 2 years duration
0
96
5
42
5
3
83
18
252
331
275
241.6
1.0
1,259
975.4
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration
4
140
19
77
NDP
2
121
25
388
405
429
419.4
0.9
1,581
1,728.6
Syphilis - congenital
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2.4
0.4
4
11.2
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
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
5
5.0
0.4
20
19.2
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
8
0
24
275
177
11
70
135
700
34,824
1,521
767.0
0.9
47,718
5,897.8
Measles
0
7
0
0
0
0
1
1
9
8
1
6.2
1.5
104
51.4
Mumps
0
9
2
10
2
0
0
6
29
34
35
90.4
0.3
162
297.6
Pertussis
77
1,815
25
1,710
1,888
100
1,095
205
6,915
6,454
6,777
3,145.4
2.2
29,514
10,032.4
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
7
97
19
63
33
2
80
26
327
625
353
349.6
0.9
1,564
1,734.8
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.2
Rubella
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
7
9
7.6
0.3
25
38.2
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.8
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.0
0.0
3
3.4
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
1
NN
17
4
124
8
22
68
244
328
768
500.0
0.5
1,238
1,672.0
Varicella zoster (shingles)
7
NN
26
2
263
27
225
151
701
609
756
387.5
1.8
2,828
1,241.8
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
20
NN
2
1,001
77
25
431
214
1,770
1,680
1,381
873.5
2.0
6,693
3,097.8
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
5
10
5.6
0.5
27
33.4
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
75
19
163
8
1
4
23
293
271
414
346.8
0.8
1,493
1,672.6
Dengue virus infection
6
17
5
42
1
0
9
30
110
87
193
74.0
1.5
1,401
322.8
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.4
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
0.0
2
2.4
Malaria
1
12
2
35
7
1
16
21
95
151
127
141.4
0.7
533
646.2
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
4
1.2
Ross River virus infection
0
128
71
358
94
4
16
107
778
833
914
728.2
1.1
4,777
4,425.2
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.4
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
0
0
0
0
8
6
12
13.6
0.6
31
43.0
Leptospirosis
0
1
0
6
0
0
7
0
14
16
22
22.8
0.6
145
134.0
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
1
11
18
17
33.6
0.3
60
152.2
Q fever
0
26
0
27
7
0
5
0
65
66
88
98.8
0.7
308
406.6
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
19
0
7
14
0
14
8
63
74
70
84.0
0.8
305
313.0
Leprosy
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
1.8
1.1
3
9.4
Meningococcal infection**
0
20
1
19
3
0
14
6
63
86
63
78.2
0.8
259
340.8
Tuberculosis
13
162
5
73
13
2
159
35
462
340
351
331.4
1.4
1,325
1,142.2
Total
598
9,844
1,361
11,283
4,525
887
9,663
5,183
43,344
75,744
41,794
34,612.0
1.3
228,226
139,573.3

* 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. Ratios for varicella zoster (chickenpox), varicella zoster (shingles) and varicella zoster (unspecified) are based on 2 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.

** 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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