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 January to 31 March 2010.

Page last updated: 01 July 2010

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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities, 1 January to 31 March 2010, by date of diagnosis*

Disease
 State or territory Total 1st quarter 2010† Total 4th quarter 2009 Total 1st quarter 2009 Last 5 years mean 1st quarter Ratio‡ Year to date 2010 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
0
0.4
0.0
0
0.4
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)
1
7
0
18
6
1
22
0
55
51
40
64.0
0.9
55
64.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
20
784
44
267
95
19
499
203
1,931
1,781
1,840
1,649.0
1.2
1,931
1,649.0
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)
2
7
NN
0
10
1
44
0
64
90
69
91.4
0.7
64
91.4
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
56
1,168
35
713
106
55
534
278
2,945
2,650
2,809
2,958.0
1.0
2,945
2,958.0
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
4
6
10
9.8
0.4
4
9.8
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.6
0.0
0
0.6
Campylobacteriosis§
110
0
38
1,272
306
210
1,650
572
4,158
4,203
4,079
4,295.2
1.0
4,158
4,295.2
Cryptosporidiosis
1
128
26
133
18
35
133
48
522
345
2,860
1,501.6
0.3
522
1,501.6
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
4
3
5.4
0.6
3
5.4
Hepatitis A
3
34
0
10
3
0
40
9
99
239
70
77.8
1.3
99
77.8
Hepatitis E
1
3
0
1
0
0
4
0
9
1
16
12.4
0.7
9
12.4
Listeriosis
0
16
0
2
1
1
12
1
33
21
29
22.2
1.5
33
22.2
STEC, VTEC||
0
4
0
23
12
0
4
4
47
58
53
30.6
1.5
47
30.6
Salmonellosis
69
1,345
151
1,098
163
87
729
361
4,003
2,411
3,393
3,106.4
1.3
4,003
3,106.4
Shigellosis
2
25
21
40
9
0
33
33
163
118
216
203.6
0.8
163
203.6
Typhoid
0
10
1
6
1
0
6
4
28
35
37
30.4
0.9
28
30.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1.0
0.0
0
1.0
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
318
4,672
636
4,992
1,029
511
4,108
2,463
18,729
15,201
15,665
13,242.2
1.4
18,729
13,242.2
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.6
0.0
0
1.6
Gonococcal infection
14
629
413
404
79
12
457
326
2,334
1,912
2,245
2,127.6
1.1
2,334
2,127.6
Syphilis (all)
7
338
31
105
8
6
202
41
738
646
726
692.4
1.1
738.0
692.4
Syphilis < 2 years duration
4
79
9
56
8
2
65
23
246
258
337
268.6
0.9
246
268.6
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration
3
259
22
49
NDP
4
137
18
492
388
389
423.8
1.2
492
423.8
Syphilis - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2.8
0.4
1
2.8
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
0
0
3
2
8
4.8
0.6
3
4.8
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
3
0
3
174
31
11
57
42
321
707
470
361.2
0.9
321
361.2
Measles
0
6
1
1
0
0
5
1
14
9
78
27.4
0.5
14
27.4
Mumps
0
6
0
8
0
0
2
2
18
30
57
67.6
0.3
18
67.6
Pertussis
54
1,316
52
1,523
1,202
62
984
143
5,336
6,959
8,569
3,155.4
1.7
5,336
3,155.4
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
4
68
8
35
15
2
45
26
203
327
204
217.8
0.9
203
217.8
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Rubella
0
7
0
3
0
0
6
0
16
2
8
6.8
2.4
16
6.8
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
1
0
1
0
3
1.4
0.7
1
1.4
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
2
NN
10
1
79
0
17
44
153
272
349
231.0
0.7
153
231.0
Varicella zoster (shingles)
8
NN
30
5
250
2
147
172
614
651
676
376.0
1.6
614
376.0
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
18
NN
0
1,009
94
71
476
217
1,885
1,831
1,733
929.0
2.0
1,885
929.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
4
14
10.8
0.3
3
10.8
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
81
41
266
11
0
13
36
449
293
569
588.4
0.8
449
588.4
Dengue virus infection
4
22
13
47
2
1
7
57
153
110
1,012
282.8
0.5
153
282.8
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
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0.8
1.3
1
0.8
Malaria
0
16
4
41
3
1
16
16
97
95
135
194.2
0.5
97
194.2
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1.0
0.0
0
1.0
Ross River virus infection
12
382
130
697
89
28
157
78
1,573
784
1,640
1,977.8
0.8
1,573
1,977.8
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.4
2.5
1
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
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
5
9
8
11.4
0.4
5
11.4
Leptospirosis
1
5
2
8
0
0
0
1
17
14
66
49.8
0.3
17
49.8
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
8
1
9
12
17
29.2
0.3
9
29.2
Q fever
0
35
0
26
2
0
2
2
67
69
95
100.4
0.7
67
100.4
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
20
0
6
3
0
17
8
55
64
66
78.4
0.7
55
78.4
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3.0
0.0
0
3.0
Meningococcal infection**
0
17
0
8
7
2
5
5
44
63
47
56.4
0.8
44
56.4
Tuberculosis
0
106
5
83
19
2
90
26
331
454
299
274.6
1.2
331
274.6
Total
712
11,263
1,698
13,034
3,653
1,120
10,534
5,221
47,235
42,536
50,293
39,329.5
1.2
47,235
39,329.45

* 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 varicella zoster (chickenpox), varicella zoster (shingles) and varicella zoster (unspecified) are based on 3 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.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

NN Not notifiable.

NDP No data provided.

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